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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Judges 6:12

And the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him, and said vnto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mightie man of valour.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (Holy Trinity);   Angel (a Spirit);   Call;   Communion;   Excuses;   God;   Judge;   Zeal, Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Midianites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ophrah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gideon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hospitality;   Mission;   Theophany;   Victory;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Angel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abiezer;   Joash;   Mary, the Virgin;   Ophrah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Judges, Book of;   Salvation;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Angel of the Lord (Jahweh);   Gideon;   Judges (1);   Levi;   Midian, Mtdianites;   Ophrah;   Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Annunciation, the ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jerubbaal;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gideon;   Midian;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Gid'eon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Anthropology;   Gideon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Angelology;   Beschreien;   Courage;   Gideon;   Greeting, Forms of;   Labor;   Shem Ha-Meforash;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for March 22;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said: “The Lord is with you, valiant warrior.”
Hebrew Names Version
The angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, the LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor.
King James Version
And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
Lexham English Bible
The angel of Yahweh appeared to him and said to him, "Yahweh is with you, you mighty warrior."
English Standard Version
And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, "The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor."
New Century Version
The angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon and said, "The Lord is with you, mighty warrior!"
New English Translation
The Lord 's messenger appeared and said to him, "The Lord is with you, courageous warrior!"
Amplified Bible
And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, O brave man."
New American Standard Bible
And the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, valiant warrior."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him, and said vnto him, The Lord is with thee, thou valiant man.
Legacy Standard Bible
These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;
Contemporary English Version
The angel appeared and spoke to Gideon, "The Lord is helping you, and you are a strong warrior."
Complete Jewish Bible
The angel of Adonai appeared to him and said to him: "You valiant hero! Adonai is with you!"
Darby Translation
And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him, and said to him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
George Lamsa Translation
And the angel of the LORD appeared and said to him, The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor.
Good News Translation
The Lord 's angel appeared to him there and said, "The Lord is with you, brave and mighty man!"
Literal Translation
And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him, and said to him, Jehovah is with you, mighty warrior.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then appeared vnto him the angell of ye LORDE, and sayde vnto him: The LORDE with ye thou mightie giaunte.
American Standard Version
And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him, and said unto him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.
Bible in Basic English
And the angel of the Lord came before his eyes, and said to him, The Lord is with you, O man of war.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the angel of the Lorde appeared vnto him, and said vnto him: The Lord is with thee, thou mightie man.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him: 'The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.'
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty in strength.
English Revised Version
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
Berean Standard Bible
And the Angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, "The LORD is with you, mighty warrior."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that he schulde fle Madian, an aungel of the Lord apperide to hym, and seide, The Lord be with thee, thou strongeste of men.
Young's Literal Translation
and the messenger of Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith unto him, `Jehovah [is] with thee, O mighty one of valour.'
Update Bible Version
And the angel of Yahweh appeared to him, and said to him, Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, The LORD [is] with thee, thou mighty man of valor.
World English Bible
The angel of Yahweh appeared to him, and said to him, Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor.
New King James Version
And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, "The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor!"
New Living Translation
The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, "Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!"
New Life Bible
The angel of the Lord showed himself to Gideon and said to him, "The Lord is with you, O powerful soldier."
New Revised Standard
The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, "The Lord is with you, you mighty warrior."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
so the messenger of Yahweh appeared unto him, - and said unto him, Yahweh, is with thee, thou mighty man of valour!
Douay-Rheims Bible
The angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said: The Lord is with thee, O most valiant of men.
Revised Standard Version
And the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, O valiant warrior."

Contextual Overview

11 And there came an Angel of the Lord, and sate vnder an Oake which was in Ophrah, that pertained vnto Ioash the Abi-Ezrite: and his sonne Gideon threshed wheat by the winepresse, to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him, and said vnto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mightie man of valour. 13 And Gideon said vnto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord bee with vs, why then is all this befallen vs? and where be all his miracles which our fathers tolde vs of, saying, Did not the Lord bring vs vp from Egypt? But now the Lord hath forsaken vs, and deliuered vs into the hands of the Midianites. 14 And the Lord looked vpon him, and said, Goe in this thy might, and thou shalt saue Israel from the hand of the Midianites: haue not I sent thee? 15 And hee said vnto him, Oh my lord, wherewith shall I saue Israel? Behold, my family is poore in Manasseh, and I am the least in my fathers house. 16 And the Lord said vnto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites, as one man. 17 And he said vnto him, If now I haue found grace in thy sight, then shew me a signe, that thou talkest with me. 18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, vntil I come vnto thee, and bring forth my Present, and set it before thee. And hee saide, I will tary vntill thou come againe. 19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and vnleauened cakes of an Ephah of floure: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out vnto him vnder the oake, and presented it. 20 And the Angel of God sayd vnto him, Take the flesh, and the vnleauened cakes, and lay them vpon this rocke, and powre out the broth. And he did so.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the angel: Judges 13:3, Luke 1:11, Luke 1:28

The Lord: Judges 2:18, Exodus 3:12, Joshua 1:5, Joshua 1:9, Ruth 2:4, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 28:20, Luke 1:28, Acts 18:9, Acts 18:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:20 - God Deuteronomy 20:1 - the Lord Joshua 3:10 - among Judges 1:19 - the Lord Judges 6:16 - General Judges 11:1 - a mighty 1 Samuel 10:7 - God 1 Kings 13:18 - an angel 1 Chronicles 22:18 - Is not 1 Chronicles 26:6 - mighty men of valour 2 Chronicles 17:3 - the Lord Job 29:5 - the Almighty Matthew 4:18 - for Luke 2:9 - lo John 1:18 - he hath

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
And it came to passe, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were borne vnto them:
Genesis 6:2
That the sonnes of God saw the daughters of men, that they were faire, and they took them wiues, of all which they chose.
Genesis 6:3
And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not alwayes striue with man; for that hee also is flesh: yet his dayes shalbe an hundred and twenty yeeres.
Genesis 6:4
There were Giants in the earth in those daies: and also after that, when the sonnes of God came in vnto the daughters of men, & they bare children to them; the same became mightie men, which were of old, men of renowme.
Genesis 6:5
And God saw, that the wickednes of man was great in the earth, and that euery imagination of the thoughts of his heart was onely euill continually.
Genesis 6:8
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
Genesis 6:13
And God said vnto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before mee; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Genesis 6:14
Make thee an Arke of Gopher-wood: roomes shalt thou make in the arke, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Genesis 6:15
And this is the fashion, which thou shalt make it of: the length of the arke shalbe three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirtie cubits.
Genesis 6:16
A window shalt thou make to the arke, and in a cubite shalt thou finish it aboue; and the doore of the arke shalt thou set in the side thereof: With lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him,.... He stayed some time under the oak, and Gideon being busy in threshing, took no notice of him wherefore he came and stood before him, in his sight:

and said unto him, the Lord is with thee; the gracious presence of God was with Gideon while he was threshing, who very probably was sending up ejaculations to heaven, on account of the distressed case of Israel, and was deep in meditation about the affairs of the people of God, and contriving how to deliver them; or the angel might mean himself, who was no other than Jehovah, the eternal Word of God, who was present with him, and spake unto him; and so the Targum,

"my Word is thy help:''

thou mighty man of valour; who very probably was a stout man in body, and of a courageous mind naturally, and might at this instant have an increase both of bodily strength and greatness of soul; or, however, this was said to animate and encourage him to do what he was about to be sent to do.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou mighty man of valor - Known to God to be such, though as yet not known to be such either by himself or his countrymen (compare Luke 1:28, Luke 1:30).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 6:12. The Lord is with thee] "The WORD of the Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour." - Targum. It appears that Gideon had proved himself, on former occasions, to be a man of courage anti personal prowess; and this would naturally excite the confidence of his countrymen. God chooses for his work those instruments which, in the course of his operations in nature and providence, he has qualified for his purpose. The instruments thus chosen are generally unlikely, but they will be ever found the best qualified for the Divine employment.


 
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