Judges 6:17 “Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign…”

Judges 6:17

Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

So he said to him, If now I have grace in your eyes, then give me a sign that it is you who are talking to me.

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Cross references

“If now”

Exodus 33:13 Exodus 33:16

Exodus 33:13 · BSB

Now 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.”

Exodus 33:16 · BSB

For 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?”

“shew”

Psalm 86:17 Isaiah 7:11 Judges 6:36–40 Genesis 15:8–17 Exodus 4:1–9 2 Kings 20:8–11

Psalm 86:17 · BSB

Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

Isaiah 7:11 · BSB

“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”

Judges 6:36–40 · BSB

Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,

Genesis 15:8–17 · BSB

But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”

Exodus 4:1–9 · BSB

Then 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.’”

2 Kings 20:8–11 · BSB

Now 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?”

Also

Isaiah 38:7–8

Isaiah 38:7–8 · BSB

This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16“Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”

18Please do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You.” And the LORD said, “I will stay until you return.”

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