Judges 6:17 - Forerunner Commentary

Judges 6:17

15 So he said to Him, “O¹ my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed ^amy clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”

16 And the Lord said to him, ^a“Surely I will be with you, and you shall¹ defeat the Midianites as one man.”

17 Then he said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, then ^ashow me a sign that it is You who talk with me.

18 ^aDo not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You and bring out my offering and set it before You.” And He said, “I will wait until you come back.”

19 ^aSo Gideon went in and prepared a young goat, and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot; and he brought them out to Him under the terebinth tree and presented them.

20 The Angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread and ^alay them on this rock, and ^bpour out the broth.” And he did so.

21 Then the Angel of the Lord put out the end of the staff that was in His hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and ^afire rose out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. And the Angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.

22 Now Gideon ^aperceived that He was the Angel of the Lord. So Gideon said, “Alas, O Lord God! ^bFor I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face.”

23 Then the Lord said to him, ^a“Peace be with you; do not fear, you shall not die.”

24 So Gideon built an altar there to the Lord, and called it¹ The-Lord-Is-Peace. To this day it is still ^ain Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Verse Comparison: Judges 6:17

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American Standard Version
And he said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.

Amplified® Bible
Gideon said to Him, If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You Who talks with me.

Contemporary English Version
Gideon said, "It's hard to believe that I'm actually talking to the LORD. Please do something so I'll know that you really are the LORD.

Darby English Version
And he said to him, "If now I have found favor with thee, then show me a sign that it is thou who speakest with me.

Good News Bible
Gideon replied, "If you are pleased with me, give me some proof that you are really the LORD.

King James Version
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then show me a sign that thou talkest with me.

New American Standard Bible
So Gideon said to Him, "If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who speak with me.

New International Version
Gideon replied, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, give me a sign that it is really you talking to me.

New King James Version
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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So Gideon said to Him, "If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that You speak with me.

Revised Standard Version
And he said to him, "If now I have found favor with thee, then show me a sign that it is thou who speakest with me.

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith unto Him, `If, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, then Thou hast done for me a sign that Thou art speaking with me.

New English Translation
Gideon¹ said to him, “If you really are pleased with me,² then give me³ a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.

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