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Judges 6:17

Then he said to him, "If now I have found favor with you, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);   Communion;   Excuses;   God;   Judge;   Miracles;   Sign;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Doubters;   Faith-Unbelief;   Faithlessness;   Gideon;   Infidelity;   Jerubbaal;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ophrah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gideon;   Guidance;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Grace;   Hospitality;   Magic;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abiezer;   Cain (1);   Joash;   Ophrah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Grace;   Judges, Book of;   Sign;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Angel of the Lord (Jahweh);   Judges (1);   Levi;   Midian, Mtdianites;   Ophrah;   Prayer;   Sign;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jerubbaal;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gideon;   Midian;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Sign;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Gideon;   Sign;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gideon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Angelology;   Gideon;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he said to him, “If I have found favor with you, give me a sign that you are speaking with me.
Hebrew Names Version
He said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.
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.
Lexham English Bible
And he said to him, "Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, show me a sign that you are speaking with me.
English Standard Version
And he said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.
New Century Version
Then Gideon said to the Lord , "If you are pleased with me, give me proof that it is really you talking with me.
New English Translation
Gideon said to him, "If you really are pleased with me, then give me a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.
Amplified Bible
Gideon replied to Him, "If I have found any favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who speaks with me.
New American Standard Bible
So Gideon said to Him, "If now I have found favor in Your sight, then perform for me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he answered him, I pray thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, then shewe me a signe, that thou talkest with me.
Legacy Standard Bible
But you, beloved, must remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Contemporary English Version
Gideon said, "It's hard to believe that I'm actually talking to the Lord . Please do something so I'll know that you really are the Lord .
Complete Jewish Bible
Gid‘on replied, "If indeed you favor me, would you mind giving me a sign that it is really you talking with me?
Darby Translation
And he said to him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, shew me a sign that it is thou who talkest with me.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Gideon said to him, "If you would, please give me some proof that you really are the Lord.
George Lamsa Translation
And he said to him, If now I have found mercy in thy sight, then show me a sign that I may know that thou speakest with me.
Good News Translation
Gideon replied, "If you are pleased with me, give me some proof that you are really the Lord .
Literal Translation
And he said to Him, Please, if I have found grace in Your eyes, then You shall do for me a sign that You are speaking with me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde vnto him: Yf I haue foude grace in thy sighte, then make me a token, that it is thou, which speakest with me:
American Standard Version
And he said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he aunswered him: Oh, yf I haue founde grace in thy syght, than shew me a a signe, that it is thou that talkest with me:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said unto him: 'If now I have found favour in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.
King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto him, If now I haue found grace in thy sight, then shew me a signe, that thou talkest with me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Gedeon said to him, If now I have found mercy in thine eyes, and thou wilt do this day for me all that thou hast spoken of with me,
English Revised Version
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.
Berean Standard Bible
Gideon answered, "If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Gedeon seide, If Y haue foundun grace bifor thee, yyue to me a signe, that thou, that spekist to me, art sente of Goddis part;
Young's Literal Translation
And he saith unto Him, `If, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, then Thou hast done for me a sign that Thou art speaking with me.
Update Bible Version
And he said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you that talks with me.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then show me a sign that thou talkest with me.
World English Bible
He said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.
New King James Version
Then he said to Him, "If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who talk with me.
New Living Translation
Gideon replied, "If you are truly going to help me, show me a sign to prove that it is really the Lord speaking to me.
New Life Bible
Gideon said to Him, "If I have found favor in Your eyes, show me something to prove that it is You Who speaks with me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said unto him, If, I beseech thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, then wilt thou work for me a sign, that it is, thou, who art speaking with me.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: If I have found grace before thee, give me a sign that it is thou that speakest to me:
Revised Standard Version
And he said to him, "If now I have found favor with thee, then show me a sign that it is thou who speakest with me.
THE MESSAGE
Gideon said, "If you're serious about this, do me a favor: Give me a sign to back up what you're telling me. Don't leave until I come back and bring you my gift." He said, "I'll wait till you get back."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Gideon said to Him, "If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who speak with me.

Contextual Overview

11 Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites. 12 The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, "The Lord is with you, you mighty warrior." 13 Gideon answered him, "But sir, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our ancestors recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has cast us off, and given us into the hand of Midian." 14 Then the Lord turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours and deliver Israel from the hand of Midian; I hereby commission you." 15 He responded, "But sir, how can I deliver Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family." 16 The Lord said to him, "But I will be with you, and you shall strike down the Midianites, every one of them." 17 Then he said to him, "If now I have found favor with you, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me. 18 Do not depart from here until I come to you, and bring out my present, and set it before you." And he said, "I will stay until you return." 19 So Gideon went into his house and prepared a kid, and unleavened cakes from an ephah of flour; the meat he put in a basket, and the broth he put in a pot, and brought them to him under the oak and presented them. 20 The angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and put them on this rock, and pour out the broth." And he did so.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

If now: Exodus 33:13, Exodus 33:16

show: Judges 6:36-40, Genesis 15:8-17, Exodus 4:1-9, 2 Kings 20:8-11, Psalms 86:17, Isaiah 7:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:14 - And let Exodus 3:12 - token Psalms 74:9 - We see Isaiah 38:7 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 2:7
then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.
Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, "My spirit shall not abide in mortals forever, for they are flesh; their days shall be one hundred twenty years."
Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went in to the daughters of humans, who bore children to them. These were the heroes that were of old, warriors of renown.
Genesis 6:7
So the Lord said, "I will blot out from the earth the human beings I have created—people together with animals and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them."
Genesis 6:12
And God saw that the earth was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon the earth.
Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; now I am going to destroy them along with the earth.
Genesis 6:14
Make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
Genesis 6:20
Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind shall come in to you, to keep them alive.
Genesis 6:21
Also take with you every kind of food that is eaten, and store it up; and it shall serve as food for you and for them."
Genesis 6:22
Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto him, if now I have found grace in thy sight, c. Or seeing he had, as appeared by his salutation of him as a man of might, by the work he gave him a commission to do, and by the promise of assistance and success:

then show me a sign that thou talkest with me in the name of God, as a messenger sent by him, whether an angel or a man; for who he was as yet Gideon was not clear in it, and that what he had said was truth, and would be certainly fulfilled; and which Gideon might desire, not so much, or at least not only for his own sake, and the confirmation of his faith, for which he is renowned, as that he might be able to satisfy others that he had a commission from God, by a messenger of his, to attempt the deliverance of Israel.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A sign - If the Angel ate of Gideon’s present it would be a conclusive proof of the reality of the vision. (Compare John 21:9-13; Luke 24:37-43; Acts 10:41.) It would also be a token of God’s goodwill to Gideon. Compare Genesis 18:3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 6:17. Show me a sign — Work a miracle, that I may know that thou hast wisdom and power sufficient to authorize and quality me for the work.


 
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