New English Translation
Judges 6:12
12The Lord’s messenger appeared and said to him, “The Lord is with you, courageous warrior!”
Judges 6:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
- New International Version (NIV)When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, "The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!”
Context of Judges 6:12
10I said to you, “I am the Lord your God! Do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!” But you have disobeyed me.’” 11The Lord’s angelic messenger came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash’s son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites. The Lord’s messenger appeared and said to him, “The Lord is with you, courageous warrior!” 13Gideon said to him, “Pardon me, but if the Lord is with us, why has such disaster overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said, ‘Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.” 14Then the Lord himself turned to him and said, “You have the strength. Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites! Have I not sent you?”
Read all of Judges 6Judges 6:12 word by word
וַיֵּרָ֥א אֵלָ֖יו מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו יְהוָ֥ה עִמְּךָ֖ גִּבּ֥וֹר הֶחָֽיִל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Judges 6:12
- Judges 13:3The Lord’s angelic messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, “You are infertile and childless, but you will conceive and have a son.
- Luke 1:11An angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, appeared to him.
- Judges 2:18When the Lord raised up leaders for them, the Lord was with each leader and delivered the people from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The Lord felt sorry for them when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them.
- Exodus 3:12He replied, “Surely I will be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you bring the people out of Egypt, you and they will serve God on this mountain.”
- Joshua 1:5No one will be able to resist you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not abandon you or leave you alone.
- Ruth 2:4Now at that very moment, Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “May the Lord be with you!” They replied, “May the Lord bless you!”
- Matthew 1:23“Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him Emmanuel,” which means “God with us.”
- Matthew 28:20teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
- Luke 1:28The angel came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one, the Lord is with you!”
- Acts 18:9The Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,
Commentaries on Judges 6:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The Lord is with thee - "The Word of the Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valor." - Targum. It appears that Gideon had proved himself, on former occasions, to be a man of courage and personal prowess; and this would naturally excite the confidence of his countrymen. God chooses for his work those instruments which, in the course of his operations in nature and providence, he has qualified for his purpose. The instruments thus chosen are generally…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Thou mighty man of valor - Known to God to be such, though as yet not known to be such either by himself or his countrymen (compare Luke 1:28, Luke 1:30).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-24Verses 11-24 Gideon was a man of a brave, active spirit, yet in obscurity through the times: he is here stirred up to undertake something great. It was very sure that the Lord was with him, when his Angel was with him. Gideon was weak in faith, which made it hard to reconcile the assurances of the presence of God with the distress to which Israel was brought. The Angel answered his objections. He told him to appear and act as Israel's deliverer, there…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12might man of valor translates a Hebrew term that is also translated as "strong warriors" (Joshua 6:2), highlighting Gideon’s potential as a military hero. It is also translated as "the rich" (2 Kings 15:20), indicating his high social status as part of a leading family. The LORD is with you: When God commissions someone to fight, he usually assures them of his presence (see Deuteronomy 1:30; Joshua 1:1–9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1611. there came an angel of the Lord--He appeared in the character and equipments of a traveller (Jud 6:21), who sat down in the shade to enjoy a little refreshment and repose. Entering into conversation on the engrossing topic of the times, the grievous oppression of the Midianites, he began urging Gideon to exert his well-known prowess on behalf of his country. Gideon, in replying, addresses him at first in a style equivalent (in Hebrew) to "sir," but…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Judges 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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