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Judges 6:17
17Gideon replied, “If you are truly going to help me, show me a sign to prove that it is really the Lord speaking to me.
Judges 6:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
- New International Version (NIV)Gideon replied, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, give me a sign that it is really you talking to me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then he said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who talk with me.
Context of Judges 6:17
15“But Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!” 16The Lord said to him, “I will be with you. And you will destroy the Midianites as if you were fighting against one man.” Gideon replied, “If you are truly going to help me, show me a sign to prove that it is really the Lord speaking to me. 18Don’t go away until I come back and bring my offering to you.” He answered, “I will stay here until you return.” 19Gideon hurried home. He cooked a young goat, and with a basket of flour he baked some bread without yeast. Then, carrying the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, he brought them out and presented them to the angel, who was under the great tree.
Read all of Judges 6Judges 6:17 word by word
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו אִם־נָ֛א מָצָ֥אתִי חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ לִּי֙ א֔וֹת שָׁאַתָּ֖ה מְדַבֵּ֥ר עִמִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Judges 6:17
- Exodus 33:13If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know your ways so I may understand you more fully and continue to enjoy your favor. And remember that this nation is your very own people.”
- Judges 6:36Then Gideon said to God, “If you are truly going to use me to rescue Israel as you promised,
- Genesis 15:8But Abram replied, “O Sovereign Lord, how can I be sure that I will actually possess it?”
- Exodus 4:1But Moses protested again, “What if they won’t believe me or listen to me? What if they say, ‘The Lord never appeared to you’?”
- 2 Kings 20:8Meanwhile, Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, “What sign will the Lord give to prove that he will heal me and that I will go to the Temple of the Lord three days from now?”
- Psalms 86:17Send me a sign of your favor. Then those who hate me will be put to shame, for you, O Lord, help and comfort me.
- Isaiah 7:11“Ask the Lord your God for a sign of confirmation, Ahaz. Make it as difficult as you want—as high as heaven or as deep as the place of the dead.”
Commentaries on Judges 6:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Show me a sign - Work a miracle, that I may know that thou hast wisdom and power sufficient to authorize and quality me for the work.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17A sign - If the Angel ate of Gideon‘s present it would be a conclusive proof of the reality of the vision. (Compare John 21:9-13; Luke 24:37-43; Acts 10:41.) It would also be a token of God‘s goodwill to Gideon. Compare Genesis 18:3.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. 11-32Gideon met the angel of the Lord and became a hero. He destroyed the mixed Baal religion of his family and town. He then called his people to fight for the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-3218. Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I ... bring forth my present--Hebrew, my mincha, or "meat offering"; and his idea probably was to prove, by his visitor's partaking of the entertainment, whether or not he was more than man.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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