Judges 6:17

THE MESSAGE

Gideon said, "If you're serious about this, do me a favor: Give me a sign to back up what you're telling me. Don't leave until I come back and bring you my gift." He said, "I'll wait till you get back."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he said to him, “If I have found favor with you, give me a sign that you are speaking with me.

Hebrew Names Version
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.

King James Version
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

Lexham English Bible
And he said to him, "Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, show me a sign that you are speaking with me.

English Standard Version
And he said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.

New Century Version
Then Gideon said to the Lord , "If you are pleased with me, give me proof that it is really you talking with me.

New English Translation
Gideon said to him, "If you really are pleased with me, then give me a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.

Amplified Bible
Gideon replied to Him, "If I have found any favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who speaks with me.

New American Standard Bible
So Gideon said to Him, "If now I have found favor in Your sight, then perform for me a sign that it is You speaking with me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he answered him, I pray thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, then shewe me a signe, that thou talkest with me.

Legacy Standard Bible
But you, beloved, must remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Contemporary English Version
Gideon said, "It's hard to believe that I'm actually talking to the Lord . Please do something so I'll know that you really are the Lord .

Complete Jewish Bible
Gid‘on replied, "If indeed you favor me, would you mind giving me a sign that it is really you talking with me?

Darby Translation
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.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Gideon said to him, "If you would, please give me some proof that you really are the Lord.

George Lamsa Translation
And he said to him, If now I have found mercy in thy sight, then show me a sign that I may know that thou speakest with me.

Good News Translation
Gideon replied, "If you are pleased with me, give me some proof that you are really the Lord .

Literal Translation
And he said to Him, Please, if I have found grace in Your eyes, then You shall do for me a sign that You are speaking with me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
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:

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
So he said to him, If now I have grace in your eyes, then give me a sign that it is you who are talking to me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he aunswered him: Oh, yf I haue founde grace in thy syght, than shew me a a signe, that it is thou that talkest with me:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said unto him: 'If now I have found favour in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.

King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto him, If now I haue found grace in thy sight, then shew me a signe, that thou talkest with me.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Gedeon said to him, If now I have found mercy in thine eyes, and thou wilt do this day for me all that thou hast spoken of with me,

English Revised Version
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Gedeon seide, If Y haue foundun grace bifor thee, yyue to me a signe, that thou, that spekist to me, art sente of Goddis part;

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith unto Him, `If, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, then Thou hast done for me a sign that Thou art speaking with me.

Update Bible Version
And he said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you that talks with me.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then show me a sign that thou talkest with me.

World English Bible
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.

New King James Version
Then 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.

New Living Translation
Gideon replied, "If you are truly going to help me, show me a sign to prove that it is really the Lord speaking to me.

New Life Bible
Gideon said to Him, "If I have found favor in Your eyes, show me something to prove that it is You Who speaks with me.

New Revised Standard
Then he said to him, "If now I have found favor with you, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said unto him, If, I beseech thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, then wilt thou work for me a sign, that it is, thou, who art speaking with me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: If I have found grace before thee, give me a sign that it is thou that speakest to me:

Revised Standard Version
And he said to him, "If now I have found favor with thee, then show me a sign that it is thou who speakest with me.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Gideon said to Him, "If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who speak with me.

Contextual Overview

¹¹One day the angel of God came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, whose son Gideon was threshing wheat in the winepress, out of sight of the Midianites. The angel of God appeared to him and said, " God is with you, O mighty warrior!" ¹³ Gideon replied, "With me, my master? If God is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all the miracle-wonders our parents and grandparents told us about, telling us, ‘Didn't God deliver us from Egypt?' The fact is, God has nothing to do with us—he has turned us over to Midian." ¹⁴ But God faced him directly: "Go in this strength that is yours. Save Israel from Midian. Haven't I just sent you?" ¹⁵ Gideon said to him, "Me, my master? How and with what could I ever save Israel? Look at me. My clan's the weakest in Manasseh and I'm the runt of the litter." ¹⁶ God said to him, "I'll be with you. Believe me, you'll defeat Midian as one man." ¹⁷Gideon said, "If you're serious about this, do me a favor: Give me a sign to back up what you're telling me. Don't leave until I come back and bring you my gift." He said, "I'll wait till you get back." ¹⁹ Gideon went and prepared a young goat and a huge amount of unraised bread (he used over half a bushel of flour!). He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and took them back under the shade of the oak tree for a sacred meal. ²⁰ The angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and unraised bread, place them on that rock, and pour the broth on them." Gideon did it. ²¹The angel of God stretched out the tip of the stick he was holding and touched the meat and the bread. Fire broke out of the rock and burned up the meat and bread while the angel of God slipped away out of sight. And Gideon knew it was the angel of God! Gideon said, "Oh no! Master, God ! I have seen the angel of God face-to-face!" ²³ But God reassured him, "Easy now. Don't panic. You won't die."

Bible Verse Review
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If now: Exodus 33:13, Exodus 33:16

show: Judges 6:36-40, Genesis 15:8-17, Exodus 4:1-9, 2 Kings 20:8-11, Psalms 86:17, Isaiah 7:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:14 - And let Exodus 3:12 - token Psalms 74:9 - We see Isaiah 38:7 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 6:3
Then God said, "I'm not going to breathe life into men and women endlessly. Eventually they're going to die; from now on they can expect a life span of 120 years."

Genesis 6:4
This was back in the days (and also later) when there were giants in the land. The giants came from the union of the sons of God and the daughters of men. These were the mighty men of ancient lore, the famous ones.

Genesis 6:13
God said to Noah, "It's all over. It's the end of the human race. The violence is everywhere; I'm making a clean sweep.

Genesis 6:14
"Build yourself a ship from teakwood. Make rooms in it. Coat it with pitch inside and out. Make it 450 feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high. Build a roof for it and put in a window eighteen inches from the top; put in a door on the side of the ship; and make three decks, lower, middle, and upper.

Genesis 6:22
Noah did everything God commanded him to do.

Genesis 7:17
The flood continued forty days and the waters rose and lifted the ship high over the Earth. The waters kept rising, the flood deepened on the Earth, the ship floated on the surface. The flood got worse until all the highest mountains were covered—the high-water mark reached twenty feet above the crest of the mountains. Everything died. Anything that moved—dead. Birds, farm animals, wild animals, the entire teeming exuberance of life—dead. And all people—dead. Every living, breathing creature that lived on dry land died; he wiped out the whole works—people and animals, crawling creatures and flying birds, every last one of them, gone. Only Noah and his company on the ship lived.

Exodus 14:17
"Meanwhile I'll make sure the Egyptians keep up their stubborn chase—I'll use Pharaoh and his entire army, his chariots and horsemen, to put my Glory on display so that the Egyptians will realize that I am God ."

Deuteronomy 32:39
"Do you see it now? Do you see that I'm the one? Do you see that there's no other god beside me? I bring death and I give life, I wound and I heal— there is no getting away from or around me! I raise my hand in solemn oath; I say, ‘I'm always around. By that very life I promise: When I sharpen my lightning sword and execute judgment, I take vengeance on my enemies and pay back those who hate me. I'll make my arrows drunk with blood, my sword will gorge itself on flesh, Feasting on slain and captive alike, the proud and vain enemy corpses.'"

Psalms 29:10
Above the floodwaters is God 's throne from which his power flows, from which he rules the world.

Isaiah 51:12
"I, I'm the One comforting you. What are you afraid of—or who? Some man or woman who'll soon be dead? Some poor wretch destined for dust? You've forgotten me, God , who made you, who unfurled the skies, who founded the earth. And here you are, quaking like an aspen before the tantrums of a tyrant who thinks he can kick down the world. But what will come of the tantrums? The victims will be released before you know it. They're not going to die. They're not even going to go hungry. For I am God , your very own God, who stirs up the sea and whips up the waves, named God -of-the-Angel-Armies. I teach you how to talk, word by word, and personally watch over you, Even while I'm unfurling the skies, setting earth on solid foundations, and greeting Zion: ‘Welcome, my people!'"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto him, if now I have found grace in thy sight, c. Or seeing he had, as appeared by his salutation of him as a man of might, by the work he gave him a commission to do, and by the promise of assistance and success:

then show me a sign that thou talkest with me in the name of God, as a messenger sent by him, whether an angel or a man; for who he was as yet Gideon was not clear in it, and that what he had said was truth, and would be certainly fulfilled; and which Gideon might desire, not so much, or at least not only for his own sake, and the confirmation of his faith, for which he is renowned, as that he might be able to satisfy others that he had a commission from God, by a messenger of his, to attempt the deliverance of Israel.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A sign - If the Angel ate of Gideon’s present it would be a conclusive proof of the reality of the vision. (Compare John 21:9-13; Luke 24:37-43; Acts 10:41.) It would also be a token of God’s goodwill to Gideon. Compare Genesis 18:3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 6:17. Show me a sign — Work a miracle, that I may know that thou hast wisdom and power sufficient to authorize and quality me for the work.