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Judges 6:23

The Lord said to him, "You are safe! Do not be afraid! You are not going to die!"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Communion;   Gideon;   God;   Jesus, the Christ;   Judge;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Discouragement-Encouragement;   Fear;   Fear Nots;   Peace Invoked;   Seven;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ Is God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ophrah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gideon;   Peace;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Fire;   Grace;   Hospitality;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abiezer;   Joash;   Ophrah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Judges, Book of;   Peace, Spiritual;   Theophany;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Angel of the Lord (Jahweh);   Jehovah-Shalom;   Judges (1);   Levi;   Midian, Mtdianites;   Ophrah;   Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Blessing (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jerubbaal;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gideon;   Midian;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Face;   Gideon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Peace;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gideon;   Names of God;  

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!"
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."
THE MESSAGE
But God reassured him, "Easy now. Don't panic. You won't die."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD said to him, "Peace to you, do not fear; you shall not die."

Contextual Overview

11 The Lord 's angelic messenger came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash's son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites. 12 The Lord 's messenger appeared and said to him, "The Lord is with you, courageous warrior!" 13 Gideon said to him, "Pardon me, but if the Lord is with us, why has such disaster overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said, ‘Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian." 14 Then the Lord himself turned to him and said, "You have the strength. Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites! Have I not sent you?" 15 Gideon said to him, "But Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Just look! My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my family." 16 The Lord said to him, "Ah, but I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army." 17 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. 18 Do not leave this place until I come back with a gift and present it to you." The Lord said, "I will stay here until you come back." 19 Gideon went and prepared a young goat, along with unleavened bread made from an ephah of flour. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He brought the food to him under the oak tree and presented it to him. 20 God's messenger said to him, "Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, and pour out the broth." Gideon did as instructed.

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.


 
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