Judges 6:23

THE MESSAGE

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

Easy-to-Read Version
But the Lord said to Gideon, "Calm down! Don't be afraid! You will 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."

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

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
  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.