Judges 6:17
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
Judges 6:17 in other translations
| BSB | Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | And he said to him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then show me a sign that thou talkest with me. |
What does Judges 6:17 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 6:11-24
Gideon was a man of a brave, active spirit, yet in obscurity through the times: he is here stirred up to undertake something great. It was very sure that the Lord was with him, when his Angel was with him. Gideon was weak in faith, which made it hard to reconcile the assurances of the presence of God with the distress to which Israel was brought. The Angel answered his objections. He told him to appear and act as…
Judges 6:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 6:17
- Psalms 86:17
Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
- Exodus 33:13
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
- Isaiah 7:11
Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
- Genesis 15:8-17
And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. …
- Exodus 33:16
For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
- Isaiah 38:7-8
And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken; Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
- Judges 6:36-40
And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. …
- Exodus 4:1-9
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: …
- 2 Kings 20:8-11
And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord the third day? And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ex 33:13,16
shew.
36-40; Ge 15:8-17; Ex 4:1-9; 2Ki 20:8-11; Ps 86:17; Isa 7:11
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Context
- Judges 6:16
And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
- Judges 6:17
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
- Judges 6:18
Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
Judges 6:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y él respondió: Yo te ruego, que si he hallado gracia delante de ti, me des señal de que tú has hablado conmigo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il lui dit: Je te prie, si j’ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, donne-moi un signe que c’est toi qui parles avec moi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er sprach zu ihm: Wenn ich denn Gnade gefunden habe in deinen Augen, so gib mir ein Zeichen, daß du es bist, der mit mir redet. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ille: Si inveni, inquit, gratiam coram te, da mihi signum quod tu sis qui loqueris ad me: |