Judges 6:17

So he said to him, If now I have grace in your eyes, then give me a sign that it is you who are talking to me.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Then the Lord said to him, Truly, I will be with you, and you will overcome the Midianites as if they were one man.

18Do not go away till I come with my offering and put it before you. And he said, I will not go away before you come back.

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Cross References

Exodus 4:1And Moses, answering, said, It is certain that they will not have faith in me or give ear to my voice; for they will say, You have not seen the Lord.

Exodus 33:13If then I have grace in your eyes, let me see your ways, so that I may have knowledge of you and be certain of your grace; and my prayer is that you will keep in mind that this nation is your people.

Judges 6:36Then Gideon said to God, If you are going to give Israel salvation by my hand, as you have said,

Psalms 86:17Give me a sign for good; so that my haters may see it and be shamed; because you, Lord, have been my help and comfort.

Isaiah 38:7And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said:

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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