Judges 6:17
And he said to him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou who talk with me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16And LORD said to him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shall smite the Midianites as one man.
Cross References
Exodus 4:1And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken to my voice, for they will say, LORD has not appeared to thee.
Exodus 33:13Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show me now thy ways, that I may know thee, to the end that I may find favor in thy sight. And consider that this nation is thy people.
Judges 6:36And Gideon said to God, If thou will save Israel by my hand, as thou have spoken,
Psalms 86:17Show me a sign for good, that those who hate me may see it, and be put to shame, because thou, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.
Isaiah 38:7And this shall be the sign to thee from LORD, that LORD will do this thing that he has spoken:
Matthew Henry on Judges 6:12-25
The Call of Gideon. ( b. c. 1249.) 11 And there came an angel of the Lord , and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of,… Read the whole commentary →