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The Call of Gideon

Judges 6:17

In 11 translations

BSB
Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
KJV
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
WEB
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.
ASV
And he said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.
LSV
And he says to Him, “Now if I have found grace in Your eyes, then You have done a sign for me that You are speaking with me.
YLT
And he saith unto Him, 'If, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, then Thou hast done for me a sign that Thou art speaking with me.
DBY
And he said to him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, shew me a sign that it is thou who talkest with me.
DRC
And he said: If I have found grace before thee, give me a sign that it is thou that speakest to me,
GNV
And he answered him, I pray thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, then shewe me a signe, that thou talkest with me.
JPS
And he said unto him: 'If now I have found favour in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.
LXXE
And Gedeon said to him, If now I have found mercy in thine eyes, and thou wilt do this day for me all that thou hast spoken of with me,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו אִם־נָ֛א מָצָ֥אתִי חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ לִּי֙ א֔וֹת שָׁאַתָּ֖ה מְדַבֵּ֥ר עִמִּֽי׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν Γεδεὼν, εἰ δὴ εὗρον ἔλεος ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου, καὶ ποιήσεις μοι σήμερον πᾶν ὅτι, ἐλάλησας μετʼ ἐμοῦ,

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◆ Deliverance by Gideon

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  • Psalms 86:17Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
  • Exodus 33:13Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people.”
  • Isaiah 7:11“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
  • Judges 6:36–40Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said, then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry,…
  • Genesis 15:8–17But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?” And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.” So Abram brought…
  • Exodus 33:16For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
  • Isaiah 38:7–8This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had…
  • Exodus 4:1–9Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’” And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied. “Throw it…
  • 2 Kings 20:8–11Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?” And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that…

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