Judges 6:12

And the angel of the Lord came before his eyes, and said to him, The Lord is with you, O man of war.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

In Context

11Now the angel of the Lord came and took his seat under the oak-tree in Ophrah, in the field of Joash the Abiezrite; and his son Gideon was crushing grain in the place where the grapes were crushed, so that the Midianites might not see it.

13Then Gideon said to him, O my lord, if the Lord is with us why has all this come on us? And where are all his works of power, of which our fathers have given us word, saying, Did not the Lord take us out of Egypt? But now he has given us up, handing us over to the power of Midian.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 20:1When you go out to war against other nations, and come face to face with horses and war-carriages and armies greater in number than yourselves, have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.

Joshua 1:9Have I not given you your orders? Take heart and be strong; have no fear and do not be troubled; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go,

Judges 11:1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a great man of war; he was the son of a loose woman, and Gilead was his father.

Ruth 2:4And Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said to the grain-cutters, The Lord be with you. And they made answer, The Lord give you his blessing.

Matthew 28:20Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.

Luke 1:28And the angel came in to her and said, Peace be with you, to whom special grace has been given; the Lord is with you.

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 →

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