Judges 6:17

And he said: “If I have found grace before you, give me a sign that it is you who is speaking to me.

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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

16And the Lord said to him: “I will be with you. And so, you shall cut down Midian as if one man.”

18And may you not withdraw from here, until I return to you, carrying a sacrifice and offering it to you.” And he responded, “I will wait for your return.”

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Cross References

Exodus 4:1Responding, Moses said, “They will not believe me, and they will not listen to my voice, but they will say: ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’”

Exodus 33:13If, therefore, I have found favor in your sight, show your face to me, so that I may know you and may find grace before your eyes. Look favorably on your people, this nation.”

Judges 6:36And Gideon said to God: “If you will save Israel by my hand, just as you have said:

Isaiah 38:7And this will be a sign for you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this word, which 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 →

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