Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Judges 6:17

DoubtGuidance and decisionsFaith

15 “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I save Israel? Indeed, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”

16 “Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”

Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.

18 Please 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.”

19 So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak.

Read the whole chapter

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
KJV
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
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.
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.
BLB
And he said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your eyes, show me a sign that You are speaking with me.
ÅB
Da sa Gideon til ham: Dersom jeg har funnet nåde for dine øyne, da gi meg et tegn på at det er du som taler med meg!
OTB
Gideon svarte: “Hvis jeg nå har funnet nåde i dine øyne, gi meg et tegn på at det virkelig er du som taler til meg.
B1930
Da sa Gideon til ham: Dersom jeg har funnet nåde for dine øine, da gi mig et tegn på at det er du som taler med mig!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 86:17

    Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

    Read in context

  • Exodus 33:13

    Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people.”

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 7:11

    “Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”

    Read in context

  • Genesis 15:8–17

    But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”

    Read in context

  • Exodus 33:16

    For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 38:7–8

    This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:

    Read in context

  • Judges 6:36–40

    Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,

    Read in context

  • Exodus 4:1–9

    Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”

    Read in context