Judges 6:22

New Century Version

Then Gideon understood he had been talking to the angel of the Lord . So Gideon cried out, "Lord God ! I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Gideon realized that he was the angel of the Lord, he said, “Oh no, Lord God! I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!”

Hebrew Names Version
Gid`on saw that he was the angel of the LORD; and Gid`on said, Alas, Lord GOD! because I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face.

King James Version
And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the Lord , Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God! for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face.

Lexham English Bible
And Gideon realized that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said, "Oh, my lord Yahweh! For now I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face."

English Standard Version
Then Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the Lord . And Gideon said, "Alas, O Lord God ! For now I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face."

New English Translation
When Gideon realized that it was the Lord 's messenger, he said, "Oh no! Master, Lord ! I have seen the Lord 's messenger face to face!"

Amplified Bible
When Gideon realized [without any doubt] that He was the Angel of the LORD, he declared, "Oh no, Lord GOD! For now I have seen the Angel of the LORD face to face [and I am doomed]!"

New American Standard Bible
When Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the LORD, he said, "Oh, Lord GOD! For I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when Gideon perceiued that it was an Angel of the Lord, Gideon then sayde, Alas, my Lord God: for because I haue seene an Angell of the Lord face to face, I shall die.

Legacy Standard Bible
And on some, who are doubting, have mercy;

Contemporary English Version
Gideon realized that he had seen one of the Lord 's angels. "Oh!" he moaned. "Now I'm going to die."

Complete Jewish Bible
Gid‘on realized that he was the angel of Adonai and said, "Oh no! My Lord! Adonai ! Because I've seen the angel of Adonai face-to-face!"

Darby Translation
And Gideon perceived that he was an angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! for because I have seen an angel of Jehovah face to face …

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Gideon realized that he had been talking to the angel of the Lord . So he shouted, "Oh, Lord God ! I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!"

George Lamsa Translation
And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face.

Good News Translation
Gideon then realized that it was the Lord 's angel he had seen, and he said in terror, "Sovereign Lord ! I have seen your angel face-to-face!"

Literal Translation
And Gideon saw that He was the Angel of Jehovah. And Gideon said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! Because I have seen the Angel of Jehovah face to face!

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now wha Gedeon sawe that it was an angell of ye LORDE, he sayde: O LORDE LORDE, haue I thus sene an angell of ye LORDE face to face?

American Standard Version
And Gideon saw that he was the angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of Jehovah face to face.

Bible in Basic English
Then Gideon was certain that he was the angel of the Lord; and Gideon said, I am in fear, O Lord God! for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when Gedeon perceaued that it was an angel of the Lorde, he sayde: Alas, O Lorde God, haue I therfore seene an angel of the Lorde face to face, [that I should dye?]

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Gideon saw that he was the angel of the LORD; and Gideon said: 'Alas, O Lord GOD! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face.'

King James Version (1611)
And when Gideon perceiued that hee was an Angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God: for because I haue seene an Angel of the Lord face to face.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Gedeon saw that he was an angel of the Lord; and Gedeon said, Ah, ah, Lord my God! for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.

English Revised Version
And Gideon saw that he was the angel of the LORD; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face.

Berean Standard Bible
When Gideon realized that it was the Angel of the LORD, he said, "Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the Angel of the LORD face to face!"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Gedeon siy that he was `an aungel of the Lord, and seide, Lord God, alas to me, for Y siy the aungel of the Lord face to face.

Young's Literal Translation
And Gideon seeth that He [is] a messenger of Jehovah, and Gideon saith, `Alas, Lord Jehovah! because that I have seen a messenger of Jehovah face to face!'

Update Bible Version
And Gideon saw that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord Yahweh! since I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when Gideon perceived that he was [an] angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.

World English Bible
Gideon saw that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said, Alas, Lord Yahweh! because I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face.

New King James Version
Now Gideon perceived that He was the Angel of the LORD. So Gideon said, "Alas, O Lord GOD! For I have seen the Angel of the LORD face to face."

New Living Translation
When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the Lord , he cried out, "Oh, Sovereign Lord , I'm doomed! I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!"

New Life Bible
So Gideon knew that he was the angel of the Lord. And he said, "I am afraid, O Lord God! For now I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face."

New Revised Standard
Then Gideon perceived that it was the angel of the Lord ; and Gideon said, "Help me, Lord God ! For I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then saw Gideon that, the messenger of Yahweh, it was, - so Gideon said - Alas, My Lord Yahweh! forasmuch as I have seen the messenger of Yahweh, face to face!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Gedeon seeing that it was the angel of the Lord, said: Alas, my Lord God: for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.

Revised Standard Version
Then Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the LORD; and Gideon said, "Alas, O Lord GOD! For now I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When Gideon saw that he was the angel of the LORD, he said, "Alas, O Lord GOD! For now I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face."

Contextual Overview

¹¹ The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak tree at Ophrah that belonged to Joash, one of the Abiezrite people. Gideon, Joash's son, was separating some wheat from the chaff in a winepress to keep the wheat from the Midianites. ¹² The angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon and said, "The Lord is with you, mighty warrior!" ¹³ Then Gideon said, "Sir, if the Lord is with us, why are we having so much trouble? Where are the miracles our ancestors told us he did when the Lord brought them out of Egypt? But now he has left us and has handed us over to the Midianites." ¹⁴ The Lord turned to Gideon and said, "Go with your strength and save Israel from the Midianites. I am the one who is sending you." ¹⁵ But Gideon answered, "Lord, how can I save Israel? My family group is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least important member of my family." ¹⁶ The Lord answered him, "I will be with you. It will seem as if the Midianites you are fighting are only one man." ¹⁷ Then Gideon said to the Lord , "If you are pleased with me, give me proof that it is really you talking with me. ¹⁸ Please wait here until I come back to you. Let me bring my offering and set it in front of you." And the Lord said, "I will wait until you return." ¹⁹ So Gideon went in and cooked a young goat, and with twenty quarts of flour, made bread without yeast. Then he put the meat into a basket and the broth into a pot. He brought them out and gave them to the angel under the oak tree. ²⁰ The angel of God said to Gideon, "Put the meat and the bread without yeast on that rock over there. Then pour the broth on them." And Gideon did as he was told.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

perceived: Judges 13:21

because: Judges 13:22, Judges 13:23, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 32:30, Exodus 33:20, Deuteronomy 5:5, Deuteronomy 5:24, Deuteronomy 5:26, Isaiah 6:5-8, John 1:18, John 12:41

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:33 - General Daniel 10:17 - talk Luke 1:12 - he Luke 9:34 - and they

Cross-References

Genesis 6:3
The Lord said, "My Spirit will not remain in human beings forever, because they are flesh. They will live only 120 years."

Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days and also later. That was when the sons of God had sexual relations with the daughters of human beings. These women gave birth to children, who became famous and were the mighty warriors of long ago.

Genesis 6:7
So the Lord said, "I will destroy all human beings that I made on the earth. And I will destroy every animal and everything that crawls on the earth and the birds of the air, because I am sorry I have made them."

Genesis 6:8
But Noah pleased the Lord .

Genesis 7:5
Noah did everything the Lord commanded him.

Genesis 7:9
came to Noah. They went into the boat in groups of two, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah.

Genesis 7:16
One male and one female of every living thing came, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them.

Genesis 17:23
Then Abraham gathered Ishmael, all the males born in his camp, and the slaves he had bought. So that day Abraham circumcised every man and boy in his camp as God had told him to do.

Exodus 40:16
Moses did everything that the Lord commanded him.

Exodus 40:19
After that, Moses spread the cloth over the Holy Tent and put the covering over it, just as the Lord commanded.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when Gideon perceived he was an angel of the Lord,.... By the miracle wrought, and the manner of his departure:

Gideon said, alas! O Lord God; woe to me, what will become of me, or befall me, I shall surely die:

for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face; and whom he had reason to believe was the Lord himself, a divine Person, by the miracle wrought; and it was a commonly received notion even among good men, in those times, that the Lord was not to be seen by them and live, as appears from Jacob, Manoah, and others; at least the appearance of a divine Person, and even of any messenger from heaven, was startling, surprising, and frightful to them; which arose from a sense they had of the divine Being, and of their own sinfulness and frailty.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Alas, O Lord GOD! - Compare Joshua 7:7. “because I have seen an angel of the Lord” Compare the marginal references, in which the notion that it was death for mortal man to see God appears clearly. The same notion prevailed among the pagan.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 6:22. Alas, O Lord God! for because I have seen — This is an elliptical sentence, a natural expression of the distressed state of Gideon's mind: as if he had said, Have mercy on me, O Lord God! else I shall die; because I have seen an angel of Jehovah face to face. We have frequently seen that it was a prevalent sentiment, as well before as under the law, that if any man saw God, or his representative angel he must surely die. On this account Gideon is alarmed, and prays for his life. This notion prevailed among the heathens, and we find an instance of it in the fable of Jupiter and Semele. She wished to see his glory; she saw it, and was struck dead by the effulgence. See the notes on Exodus 33:20. We find that a similar opinion prevailed very anciently among the Greeks. In the hymn of Callimachus, Εις Λουτρα της Παλλαδος, ver. 100, are these words: -

Κρονιοι δ' ὡδε λεγοντι νομοι·

Ὁς κε τιν' αθανατων, ὁκα μη θεος αυτος ἑληται,

Αθρησῃ, μισθῳ τουτον ιδειν μεγαλῳ.

"The laws of Saturn enact, that if any man see any of the

immortal gods, unless that god himself shall choose it,

he shall pay dearly for that sight."