Judges 6 · Verse 18

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 6:18, King James Version

Judges 6:18 in other translations

BSBPlease do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You.” And the LORD said, “I will stay until you return.”
WEBPlease don’t go away until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you.” He said, “I will wait until you come back.”
ASVDepart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and lay it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
YLTMove not, I pray Thee, from this, till my coming in unto Thee, and I have brought out my present, and put it before Thee;' and he saith, ‘I--I do abide till thy return.'
DARBYDepart 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.
BBEDo not go away till I come with my offering and put it before you. And he said, I will not go away before you come back.
WebsterDepart not hence, I pray thee, until I come to thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou comest again.

What does Judges 6:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Jud 6:17-32. Gideon's Present Consumed by Fire.

18. Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I ... bring forth my present--Hebrew, my mincha, or "meat offering"; and his idea probably was to prove, by his visitor's partaking of the entertainment, whether or not he was more than man.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 And bring forth my present - My minchah; generally an offering of bread, wine, oil, flour, and such like. It seems from this that Gideon supposed the person to whom he spoke to be a Divine person. Nevertheless, what he prepared and brought out appears to be intended simply as an entertainment to refresh a respectable stranger.

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…

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Judges 6:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַל\־'al-may notH408
נָ֨אna'pleaseH4994
תָמֻ֤שׁta.Mushyou departH4185
מִזֶּה֙mi.Zehfrom hereH2088
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
בֹּאִ֣יbo.'Icome IH935
אֵלֶ֔יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413
וְהֹֽצֵאתִי֙ve.ho.tze.Tiand I will bring outH3318
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִנְחָתִ֔יmin.cha.Tigift myH4503
וְהִנַּחְתִּ֖יve.hi.nach.Tiand I will set [it]H5117
לְפָנֶ֑יךָle.fa.Nei.kha<to> before youH6440
וַיֹּאמַ֕רvai.yo.Marand he saidH559
אָנֹכִ֥י'a.no.KhiIH595
אֵשֵׁ֖ב'e.ShevI will remainH3427
עַ֥ד'aduntilH5704
שׁוּבֶֽךָ\׃shu.Ve.khareturning youH7725

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 6:18

  • Genesis 18:5

    And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

  • Judges 13:15

    And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.

  • Genesis 18:3

    And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

  • Genesis 19:3

    And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
bring.
13:15; Ge 18:3,5; 19:3
present. or, meat offering.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 6:19

    And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

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Judges 6:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ruégote que no te vayas de aquí, hasta que á ti vuelva, y saque mi presente, y lo ponga delante de ti. Y él respondió: Yo esperaré hasta que vuelvas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ne te retire pas d’ici, je te prie, jusqu’à ce que je vienne à toi, et que j’apporte mon présent et que je le dépose devant toi. Et il dit: Je m’assiérai jusqu’à ce que tu reviennes.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Weiche doch nicht von hinnen, bis ich zu dir komme und meine Gabe herausbringe und dir vorsetze. Und er sprach: Ich will bleiben, bis du wiederkommst.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
nec recedas hinc, donec revertar ad te, portans sacrificium, et offerens tibi. Qui respondit: Ego præstolabor adventum tuum.