Judges 6:17

“Please, Lord, if you think well of me, give me a sign that it's really you telling me this,” Gideon asked.

Free Bible Version

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

16“I will be with you,” the Lord told him. “You will defeat the Midianites as if they were just one man.”

18“Don't leave until I come back and present my offering to you.” “I will remain here until you return,” he replied.

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Cross References

Exodus 4:1“But what if they don't believe me or listen to what I say?” Moses asked. “They could say, ‘The Lord didn't appear to you.’”

Exodus 33:13Now if it's true that you're happy with me, please teach me your ways so I can get to know you, and go on pleasing you. Remember that the people of this nation are yours.”

Judges 6:36Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel through me as you promised,

Psalms 86:17Show me a sign that you approve of me! Those who hate me will see it, and they will be ashamed because you, Lord, have helped me.

Isaiah 38:7This is the sign from the Lord to you that the Lord will do what he promised:

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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