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Judges 6:9-17
New American Standard Bible
Judges 6:9-17
New American Standard Bible
9 And I rescued you from the hands of the Egyptians, and from the hands of all your oppressors, and I drove them out from you and gave you their land, 10 and I said to you, “I am the Lord your God; you (A)shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live.” But you have not [a]obeyed Me.’”
Gideon Is Visited
11 Then (B)the angel of the Lord came and sat under the [b]oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the (C)Abiezrite, as his son (D)Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, valiant warrior.” 13 Then Gideon said to him, “O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?’ But (E)now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.” 14 And the Lord [c]looked at him and said, “(F)Go in this strength of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?” 15 (G)But he said to Him, “O Lord, [d]how am I to save Israel? Behold, my family is the least in (H)Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.” 16 (I)Yet the Lord said to him, “I will certainly be with you, and you will [e]defeat Midian as one man.” 17 So [f]Gideon said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, then perform for me (J)a sign that it is You speaking with me.
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- Judges 6:10 Lit listened to My voice
- Judges 6:11 Or terebinth
- Judges 6:14 Or turned toward
- Judges 6:15 Lit with what
- Judges 6:16 Lit strike
- Judges 6:17 Lit he
Judges 6:9-17
New International Version
Judges 6:9-17
New International Version
9 I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians. And I delivered you from the hand of all your oppressors;(A) I drove them out before you and gave you their land.(B) 10 I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; do not worship(C) the gods of the Amorites,(D) in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.”
11 The angel of the Lord(E) came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah(F) that belonged to Joash(G) the Abiezrite,(H) where his son Gideon(I) was threshing(J) wheat in a winepress(K) to keep it from the Midianites. 12 When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you,(L) mighty warrior.(M)”
13 “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders(N) that our ancestors told(O) us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned(P) us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
14 The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have(Q) and save(R) Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?”
15 “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan(S) is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.(T)”
16 The Lord answered, “I will be with you(U), and you will strike down all the Midianites, leaving none alive.”
17 Gideon replied, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, give me a sign(V) that it is really you talking to me.
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