Judges 6:12

New King James Version

And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, "The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor!"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said: “The Lord is with you, valiant warrior.”

Hebrew Names Version
The angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, the LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor.

King James Version
And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

Lexham English Bible
The angel of Yahweh appeared to him and said to him, "Yahweh is with you, you mighty warrior."

English Standard Version
And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, "The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor."

New Century Version
The angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon and said, "The Lord is with you, mighty warrior!"

New English Translation
The Lord 's messenger appeared and said to him, "The Lord is with you, courageous warrior!"

Amplified Bible
And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, O brave man."

New American Standard Bible
And the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, valiant warrior."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him, and said vnto him, The Lord is with thee, thou valiant man.

Legacy Standard Bible
These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;

Contemporary English Version
The angel appeared and spoke to Gideon, "The Lord is helping you, and you are a strong warrior."

Complete Jewish Bible
The angel of Adonai appeared to him and said to him: "You valiant hero! Adonai is with you!"

Darby Translation
And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him, and said to him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

George Lamsa Translation
And the angel of the LORD appeared and said to him, The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor.

Good News Translation
The Lord 's angel appeared to him there and said, "The Lord is with you, brave and mighty man!"

Literal Translation
And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him, and said to him, Jehovah is with you, mighty warrior.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then appeared vnto him the angell of ye LORDE, and sayde vnto him: The LORDE with ye thou mightie giaunte.

American Standard Version
And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him, and said unto him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.

Bible in Basic English
And the angel of the Lord came before his eyes, and said to him, The Lord is with you, O man of war.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the angel of the Lorde appeared vnto him, and said vnto him: The Lord is with thee, thou mightie man.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him: 'The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.'

King James Version (1611)
And the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him, and said vnto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mightie man of valour.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty in strength.

English Revised Version
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

Berean Standard Bible
And the Angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, "The LORD is with you, mighty warrior."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that he schulde fle Madian, an aungel of the Lord apperide to hym, and seide, The Lord be with thee, thou strongeste of men.

Young's Literal Translation
and the messenger of Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith unto him, `Jehovah [is] with thee, O mighty one of valour.'

Update Bible Version
And the angel of Yahweh appeared to him, and said to him, Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, The LORD [is] with thee, thou mighty man of valor.

World English Bible
The angel of Yahweh appeared to him, and said to him, Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor.

New Living Translation
The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, "Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!"

New Life Bible
The angel of the Lord showed himself to Gideon and said to him, "The Lord is with you, O powerful soldier."

New Revised Standard
The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, "The Lord is with you, you mighty warrior."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
so the messenger of Yahweh appeared unto him, - and said unto him, Yahweh, is with thee, thou mighty man of valour!

Douay-Rheims Bible
The angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said: The Lord is with thee, O most valiant of men.

Revised Standard Version
And the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, O valiant warrior."

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Now the Angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites. ¹² And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, "The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor!" ¹³ Gideon said to Him, "O my lord, [fn] if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, 'Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites." ¹⁴ Then the LORD turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?" ¹⁵ So he said to Him, "O my Lord, [fn] how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house." ¹⁶ And the LORD said to him, "Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man." ¹⁷ 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. ¹⁸ Do not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You and bring out my offering and set it before You." And He said, "I will wait until you come back." ¹⁹ So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat, and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot; and he brought them out to Him under the terebinth tree and presented them. ²⁰ The Angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened bread and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth." And he did so.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the angel: Judges 13:3, Luke 1:11, Luke 1:28

The Lord: Judges 2:18, Exodus 3:12, Joshua 1:5, Joshua 1:9, Ruth 2:4, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 28:20, Luke 1:28, Acts 18:9, Acts 18:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:20 - God Deuteronomy 20:1 - the Lord Joshua 3:10 - among Judges 1:19 - the Lord Judges 6:16 - General Judges 11:1 - a mighty 1 Samuel 10:7 - God 1 Kings 13:18 - an angel 1 Chronicles 22:18 - Is not 1 Chronicles 26:6 - mighty men of valour 2 Chronicles 17:3 - the Lord Job 29:5 - the Almighty Matthew 4:18 - for Luke 2:9 - lo John 1:18 - he hath

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:2
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.

Genesis 6:3
And the Lord said, "My Spirit shall not strive [fn] with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."

Genesis 6:4
There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

Genesis 6:5
Then the Lord [fn] saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 6:8
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Genesis 6:13
Hebrews 11:7; 1 Peter 3:20">[xr] And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Genesis 6:14
Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.

Genesis 6:15
And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

Genesis 6:16
You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him,.... He stayed some time under the oak, and Gideon being busy in threshing, took no notice of him wherefore he came and stood before him, in his sight:

and said unto him, the Lord is with thee; the gracious presence of God was with Gideon while he was threshing, who very probably was sending up ejaculations to heaven, on account of the distressed case of Israel, and was deep in meditation about the affairs of the people of God, and contriving how to deliver them; or the angel might mean himself, who was no other than Jehovah, the eternal Word of God, who was present with him, and spake unto him; and so the Targum,

"my Word is thy help:''

thou mighty man of valour; who very probably was a stout man in body, and of a courageous mind naturally, and might at this instant have an increase both of bodily strength and greatness of soul; or, however, this was said to animate and encourage him to do what he was about to be sent to do.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou mighty man of valor - Known to God to be such, though as yet not known to be such either by himself or his countrymen (compare Luke 1:28, Luke 1:30).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 6:12. The Lord is with thee] "The WORD of the Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour." - Targum. It appears that Gideon had proved himself, on former occasions, to be a man of courage anti personal prowess; and this would naturally excite the confidence of his countrymen. God chooses for his work those instruments which, in the course of his operations in nature and providence, he has qualified for his purpose. The instruments thus chosen are generally unlikely, but they will be ever found the best qualified for the Divine employment.