Judges 6:15

And he said unto him—Pardon, O my Lord! How, shall I save Israel? Lo! my thousand, is the poorest in Manasseh, and, I, am the youngest in the house of my father.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.

In Context

14And Yahweh, turned unto him, and said—Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel, out of the hand of Midian,—have I not sent thee?

16And Yahweh said unto him—I will be with thee,—so shalt thou smite the Midianites, as one man.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:10I am too small for all the lovingkindnesses and for all the faithfulness, which thou hast done unto thy servant,—For with my staff, passed I over this Jordan, But, now, have I become two camps.

Exodus 4:10And Moses said unto Yahweh—Pardon, O My Lord! not a man of words, am I, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant,—for heavy of mouth and heavy of tongue, I am.

1 Samuel 9:21Then answered Saul, and said—Am not I, a man of Benjamin, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and [is not], my family, the poorest of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Wherefore, then, hast thou spoken unto me of such a thing as this?

Jeremiah 1:6Then said I—Ah! My Lord Yahweh! Lo! I know not how to speak,—For a child, am I!

Micah 5:2Thou, therefore, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though, little, to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee, shall Mine come forth, to be ruler in Israel,—whose comings forth, have been from of old, from the days of age-past time.

1 Corinthians 15:9For, I, am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.

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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