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The Call of Gideon

Judges 6:12

In 11 translations

BSB
And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”
KJV
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
WEB
Yahweh’s angel appeared to him, and said to him, “Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor!”
ASV
And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him, and said unto him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.
LSV
and the Messenger of YHWH appears to him and says to him, “YHWH [is] with you, O mighty man of valor.”
YLT
and the messenger of Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith unto him, 'Jehovah [is] with thee, O mighty one of valour.'
DBY
And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him, and said to him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
DRC
The angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said: The Lord is with thee, O most valiant of men.
GNV
Then the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him, and said vnto him, The Lord is with thee, thou valiant man.
JPS
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him: 'The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.'
LXXE
And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty in strength.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֵּרָ֥א אֵלָ֖יו מַלְּאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו יְהוָ֥ה עִמְּךָ֖ גִּבּ֥וֹר הֶחָֽיִל׃Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.Marks an anomalous form.We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.
LXX-Br
Καὶ ὤφθη αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου, καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν, Κύριος μετὰ σοῦ, ἰσχυρὸς τῶν δυνάμεων.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Joshua 1:5No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
  • Luke 1:28The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
  • Judges 2:18Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under…
  • Joshua 1:9Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
  • Judges 13:3The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
  • Exodus 3:12“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
  • Luke 1:11Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
  • Acts 18:9–10One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent. For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”
  • Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
  • Matthew 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
  • Ruth 2:4Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.

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