Judges 6:23

Easy-to-Read Version

But the Lord said to Gideon, "Calm down! Don't be afraid! You will not die!"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But the Lord said to him, “Peace to you. Don’t be afraid, for you will not die.”

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said to him, Shalom be to you; don't be afraid: you shall not die.

King James Version
And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh said to him, "Peace be with you. Do not fear; you will not die."

English Standard Version
But the Lord said to him, "Peace be to you. Do not fear; you shall not die."

New Century Version
But the Lord said to Gideon, "Calm down! Don't be afraid! You will not die!"

New English Translation
The Lord said to him, "You are safe! Do not be afraid! You are not going to die!"

Amplified Bible
The LORD said to him, "Peace to you, do not be afraid; you shall not die."

New American Standard Bible
But the LORD said to him, "Peace to you, do not be afraid; you shall not die."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord said vnto him, Peace be vnto thee: feare not, thou shalt not die.

Legacy Standard Bible
and for others, save, snatching them out of the fire; and on others have mercy with fear, hating even the tunic polluted by the flesh.

Contemporary English Version
"Calm down!" the Lord told Gideon. "There's nothing to be afraid of. You're not going to die."

Complete Jewish Bible
But Adonai reassured him, "Shalom to you, don't be afraid, you won't die!"

Darby Translation
And Jehovah said to him, Peace be unto thee: fear not; thou shalt not die.

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said to him, Peace be unto you; fear not; you shall not die.

Good News Translation
But the Lord told him, "Peace. Don't be afraid. You will not die."

Literal Translation
And Jehovah said to him, Peace to you, fear not. You shall not die.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE sayde vnto him: Peace be with the, feare not, thou shalt not dye.

American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

Bible in Basic English
But the Lord said to him, Peace be with you; have no fear: you are in no danger of death.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde sayd vnto him: Peace be vnto thee, feare not, thou shalt not dye.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD said unto him: 'Peace be unto thee; fear not; thou shalt not die.'

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord said vnto him, Peace be vnto thee, feare not, thou shalt not die.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said to him, Peace be to thee, fear not, thou shalt not die.

English Revised Version
And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

Berean Standard Bible
But the LORD said to him, "Peace be with you. Do not be afraid, for you will not die."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord seide to hym, Pees be with thee; drede thou not, thou schalt not die.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith to him, `Peace to thee; fear not; thou dost not die.'

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh said to him, Peace be to you; don't be afraid: you shall not die.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said to him, Peace [be] to thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

World English Bible
Yahweh said to him, Peace be to you; don't be afraid: you shall not die.

New King James Version
Then the LORD said to him, "Peace be with you; do not fear, you shall not die."

New Living Translation
"It is all right," the Lord replied. "Do not be afraid. You will not die."

New Life Bible
The Lord said to him, "Peace be with you. Do not be afraid. You will not die."

New Revised Standard
But the Lord said to him, "Peace be to you; do not fear, you shall not die."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh said unto him - Peace be unto thee! Do not fear, - thou shalt not die.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to him: Peace be with thee: fear not, thou shalt not die.

Revised Standard Version
But the LORD said to him, "Peace be to you; do not fear, you shall not die."

THE MESSAGE
But God reassured him, "Easy now. Don't panic. You won't die."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD said to him, "Peace to you, do not fear; you shall not die."

Contextual Overview

¹¹One time the angel of the Lord came to a place called Ophrah and sat under an oak tree. This oak tree belonged to a man named Joash from the Abiezer family. His son Gideon was beating some wheat in a winepress. He was hiding so that the Midianites could not see the wheat. The angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon and said, "The Lord be with you, brave soldier." ¹³ Then Gideon said, "Pardon me, sir, but if the Lord is with us, why are we having so many troubles? We heard that he did wonderful things for our ancestors. They tell us that the Lord took them out of Egypt. But now it seems the Lord has left us and is letting the Midianites defeat us." ¹⁴ The Lord turned toward Gideon and said, "Then use your great power and go save the Israelites from the Midianites. I am sending you to save them." ¹⁵ But Gideon answered and said, "Pardon me, sir. How can I save Israel? My family group is the weakest in the tribe of Manasseh, and I am the youngest one in my family." ¹⁶ The Lord answered Gideon and said, "I will be with you, so you can defeat the Midianites as easily as if they were only one man." ¹⁷ Then Gideon said to him, "If you would, please give me some proof that you really are the Lord. ¹⁸ Please wait here. Don't go away until I come back to you. Let me bring my offering and set it down in front of you." And the Lord said, "I will wait until you come back." ¹⁹ So Gideon went in and cooked a young goat in boiling water. He also took about 20 pounds of flour and made bread without yeast. Then he put the meat into a basket and the broth from the meat into a pot. He brought out the meat, the broth, and the bread without yeast and gave them to the Lord under the oak tree. ²⁰ The angel of God said to Gideon, "Put the meat and the bread on that rock over there. Then pour the broth on it." Gideon did as he was told. ²¹ The angel of the Lord had a walking stick in his hand. He touched the meat and the bread with the end of the stick, and fire jumped up out of the rock and burned up the meat and the bread. Then the angel of the Lord disappeared.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Peace be: Genesis 32:30, Genesis 43:23, Psalms 85:8, Daniel 10:19, John 14:27, John 20:19, John 20:26, Romans 1:7

Reciprocal: Judges 19:20 - Peace be Luke 1:13 - Fear

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said unto him,.... Either by a secret impulse upon his spirit, or by a voice from heaven; and even, as Kimchi observes, the angel, after he ascended, might cause this voice to be heard, seeing him in great fear, because he knew he was an angel; and which is another proof of this angel being Jehovah himself, the eternal Word:

peace be unto thee, fear not, thou shall not die; let not thy mind be ruffled and disturbed, but serene and calm; fear not that any evil shall befall thee, and particularly death; thou shall be safe from any danger whatever, and especially from death, which he expected in his flight would immediately follow.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 6:23. Fear not: thou shalt not die. — Here the discovery is made by God himself: Gideon is not curiously prying into forbidden mysteries, therefore he shall not die.