Judges 6:11

9 I delivered you out of the hands of Egypt and all your oppressors. I drove them out before you and gave you their land.

10 And I said to you: ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.’ But you did not obey Me.”

Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

12 And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”

13 “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
KJV
And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
WEB
The LORD’s angel came and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites.
ASV
And the angel of Jehovah came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
DARBY
And an angel of Jehovah came and sat under the terebinth that was in Ophrah, that [belonged] to Joash the Abi-ezrite. And his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, to secure [it] from the Midianites.
BLB
And the angel of YHWH came and sat under the oak that [was] in Ophrah, which [was] unto Joash the Abi-ezrite, and Gideon his son threshed wheat in the winepress to hide [it] from the face of the Midianite.
ÅB
Og Herrens engel kom og satte seg under den ek som står i Ofra, der hvor Joas av Abiesers slekt rådet. Gideon, hans sønn, sto da og tresket hvete i vinpersen for å berge den for midianittene.
OTB
Herrens engel kom og satte seg under eiken i Ofra som tilhørte Joasj, abiesritten, der hans sønn Gideon tresket hvete i en vinpresse for å skjule det for midjanittene.
B1930
Og Herrens engel kom og satte sig under den ek som står i Ofra, der hvor Joas av Abiesers ætt rådet. Gideon, hans sønn, stod da og tresket hvete i vinpersen for å berge den for midianittene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Joshua 17:2

    So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph.

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  • Hebrews 11:32

    And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

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  • Judges 13:3

    The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.

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  • Judges 8:2

    But Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?

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  • Isaiah 63:9

    In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

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  • Genesis 16:7

    Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.

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  • Judges 6:14–16

    The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”

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  • Judges 2:1–5

    Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,

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