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Myles Coverdale Bible

Judges 6:16

The LORDE sayde vnto him: I will be wt the, so yt thou shalt smyte the Madianites, euen as though they were but one man.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);   Call;   Communion;   Excuses;   Faith;   Gideon;   God;   Judge;   War;   Zeal, Religious;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ophrah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gideon;   Guidance;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Grace;   Hospitality;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abiezer;   Joash;   Ophrah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Judges, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Angel of the Lord (Jahweh);   Judges (1);   Levi;   Midian, Mtdianites;   Ophrah;   Prayer;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jerubbaal;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gideon;   Midian;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Gideon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Angelology;   Gideon;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“But I will be with you,” the Lord said to him. “You will strike Midian down as if it were one man.”
Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midyanim as one man.
King James Version
And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh said to him, "But I will be with you, and you will defeat Midian as if they are one man."
English Standard Version
And the Lord said to him, "But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man."
New Century Version
The Lord answered him, "I will be with you. It will seem as if the Midianites you are fighting are only one man."
New English Translation
The Lord said to him, "Ah, but I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army."
Amplified Bible
The LORD answered him, "I will certainly be with you, and you will strike down the Midianites as [if they were only] one man."
New American Standard Bible
Yet the LORD said to him, "I will certainly be with you, and you will defeat Midian as one man."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the Lord sayd vnto him, I wil therefore be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites, as one man.
Legacy Standard Bible
These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of their own benefit.
Contemporary English Version
"Gideon," the Lord answered, "you can rescue Israel because I am going to help you! Defeating the Midianites will be as easy as beating up one man."
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai said to him, "Because I will be with you, you will strike down Midyan as easily as if they were just one man."
Darby Translation
And Jehovah said to him, I will certainly be with thee; and thou shalt smite Midian as one man.
Easy-to-Read Version
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."
George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said to him, I will be with you, and you shall smite the Midianites as one man.
Good News Translation
The Lord answered, "You can do it because I will help you. You will crush the Midianites as easily as if they were only one man."
Literal Translation
And Jehovah said to him, Because I am with you, you shall strike Midian as one man.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
Bible in Basic English
Then the Lord said to him, Truly, I will be with you, and you will overcome the Midianites as if they were one man.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Lord sayd vnto him: I will be with thee, & thou shalt smyte the Madianites, as they were but one man.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD said unto him: 'Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.'
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord said vnto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites, as one man.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the angel of the Lord said to him, The Lord shall be with thee, and thou shalt smite Madiam as one man.
English Revised Version
And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
Berean Standard Bible
"Surely I will be with you," the LORD replied, "and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord seide to hym, Y schal be with thee, and thou schalt smyte Madian as o man.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto him, `Because I am with thee -- thou hast smitten the Midianites as one man.'
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall smite the Midianites as one man.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said to him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
World English Bible
Yahweh said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.
New King James Version
And the LORD said to him, "Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man."
New Living Translation
The Lord said to him, "I will be with you. And you will destroy the Midianites as if you were fighting against one man."
New Life Bible
But the Lord said to him, "For sure I will be with you. You will destroy Midian as one man."
New Revised Standard
The Lord said to him, "But I will be with you, and you shall strike down the Midianites, every one of them."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh said unto him - I will be with thee, - so shalt thou smite the Midianites, as one man.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to him: I will be with thee: and thou shalt cut off Madian as one man.
Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said to him, "But I will be with you, and you shall smite the Mid'ianites as one man."
THE MESSAGE
God said to him, "I'll be with you. Believe me, you'll defeat Midian as one man."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the LORD said to him, "Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat Midian as one man."

Contextual Overview

11 And there came an angell of the LORDE, & sat him downe vnder an Oke at Aphra, which belonged vnto Ioas the father of ye Esrites, and his sonne Gedeon was throsshinge wheate in the barne, that he mighte flye awaye before the Madianites. 12 Then appeared vnto him the angell of ye LORDE, and sayde vnto him: The LORDE with ye thou mightie giaunte. 13 But Gedeon sayde vnto him: Syr, yf the LORDE be wt vs, wherfore is all this then happened vnto vs? And where are all the wonders, which oure fathers tolde vs, & sayde: The LORDE brought vs out of Egipte? But now hath the LORDE forsaken vs, and delyuered vs in to the hande of the Madianites. 14 The LORDE turned him vnto him, & sayde: Go thy waye in this thy strength, thou shalt delyuer Israel out of the hande of ye Madianites. I haue sent the. 15 But he sayde: My LORDE, wherwithall shal I delyuer Israel? Beholde, my kynred is the smallest in Manasse, & I am the leest in my fathers house? 16 The LORDE sayde vnto him: I will be wt the, so yt thou shalt smyte the Madianites, euen as though they were but one man. 17 He sayde vnto him: Yf I haue foude grace in thy sighte, then make me a token, that it is thou, which speakest with me: 18 go not awaye, tyll I come to ye, and brynge a meatofferynge, to set before the. He sayde: I wyll tary, tyll thou comest agayne. 19 And Gedeon wete, and made ready a kydd, and an Epha of vnleuended floure, and layed the flesh in a maunde, and put the broth in a pot, and broughte it forth vnto him vnder the Oke, and came nye. 20 But the angell of God sayde vnto him: Take the flesh and the vnleuended bred, & set it vpon the stonye rocke that is here, and poure the broth theron. And he dyd so.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Judges 6:12, Exodus 3:12, Joshua 1:5, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:14-16, Matthew 28:20, Mark 16:20, Acts 11:21

Reciprocal: Genesis 16:10 - the angel Genesis 28:15 - I am Numbers 14:15 - General 2 Kings 3:19 - And ye

Cross-References

Genesis 7:16
And these were the male & the female of all maner of flesh, and wente in, acordinge as God commauded him. And the LORDE shut (the dore) vpon him.
Genesis 8:6
After fourtie dayes Noe opened ye wyndow of the Arcke which he had made,
2 Samuel 6:16
And whan the Arke of the LORDE came into the cite of Dauid, Michol the doughte of Saul loked out at a window, and sawe kynge Dauid leapynge, sprynginge and dausynge before the LORDE, and despysed him in hir hert.
2 Kings 9:30
And whan Iehu came to Iesrael, and Iesabel herde therof, she coloured hir face, and decked hir heade, and loked out at the wyndowe.
Ezekiel 41:16
ye syde postes, these thre had syde wyndowes, and pilers rounde aboute ouer agaynst the postes, from the grounde vp to the wyndowes: The wyndowes them selues were syled ouer with bordes:
Ezekiel 42:3
ouer agaynst the xx. cubites of the ynnermer courte, & agaynst the paued worke that was in the fore courte. Besyde all these thre there stode pilers, one ouer against another:
Luke 13:25
From that tyme forth, whan the good man of the house is rysen vp, and hath shut the dore, then shal ye begynne to stonde without, and to knocke at ye dore, and saye: LORDE LORDE, open vnto vs. And he shal answere, and saye vnto you: I knowe you not whence ye are.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said unto him, surely I will be with thee,.... The Targum is,

"my Word shall be thy help,''

which was sufficient to answer all objections taken from his meanness, unworthiness, and weakness:

and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man; all together, and as easily as if thou hadst but one man to deal with, and the destruction be so entire and general that none shall be left.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 6:16. Thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. — Thou shalt as surely conquer all their host as if thou hadst but one man to contend with; or, Thou shalt destroy them to a man.


 
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