Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Judges 6:14
Verse Judges 6:14. Go in this thy might] What does the angel mean? He had just stated that Jehovah was with him; and he now says, Go in THIS thy might, i.e., in the might of Jehovah, who is with thee.
Verse Judges 6:14. Go in this thy might] What does the angel mean? He had just stated that Jehovah was with him; and he now says, Go in THIS thy might, i.e., in the might of Jehovah, who is with thee.
THE LORD LOOKED UPON HIM - That gracious look conferred immediate strength (compare Ephesians 6:10; 2 Corinthians 12:9; John 20:22;...
4. FOURTH DECLENSION: UNDER MIDIAN AND GIDEON, TOLA AND JAIR CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Israel's suffering from Midian (Judges 6:1)_ 2. Their repentance and the divine answer (Judges 6:7) 3. Gideon, the deliv...
JUDGES 6:11. On the angel of Yahweh see Judges 2:1; Genesis 16:7 *. For oak read terebinth. While the primitive Semites were animists, the Israelites came to associate Yahweh's own presence with sacre...
THY MIGHT. His might lay in the knowledge of Jehovah's strength (Judges 6:13) and his own weakness....
_The call of Gideon_. Sequel of 2 6a 11. _the angel of the Lord_ i.e. Jehovah Himself in manifestation; see on Judges 2:1. Closely parallel are the appearances in Judges 13:3-23 and Genesis 18 J; the...
_the Lord_ TURNED TOWARDS _him_ The narrator lets us into the secret, though Gideon has not yet recognized who the Traveller is; LXX here and in Judges 6:16 (cf. LXX Exodus 4:24) reads -the angel of t...
_The Call of Giedon Judges 6:11-35_ 11 And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the...
_AND THE LORD LOOKED UPON HIM, AND SAID, GO IN THIS THY MIGHT, AND THOU SHALT SAVE ISRAEL FROM THE HAND OF THE MIDIANITES: HAVE NOT I SENT THEE?_ Go in this thy might ... have not I sent thee? The co...
GIDEON AND THE MIDIANITES The story of Gideon, which runs from Judges 6:1 to Judges 8:33, is more detailed than that of Deborah and Barak; and, from the details, it would appear that different traditi...
THE LORD] Here the angel is identified with Jehovah: cp. Judges 13:22. 15, POOR] RV 'the poorest.' Joash, however, can defy the 'city,' Judges 6:31....
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 6 The stories about Gideon and his son, Abimelech are the most important ones in the book. John J. Davies says, ‘Gideon is the ideal judge like Mose...
THE LORD LOOKED UPON HIM. — Here, as in Genesis 18:13; Genesis 18:17; Genesis 18:20, the angel speaks as the Lord, and it has been hence inferred that this angel was no created angel, but “the angel o...
וַ יִּ֤פֶן אֵלָיו֙ יְהוָ֔ה וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר לֵ֚ךְ
THE DESERT HORDES; AND THE MAN AT OPHRAH Judges 6:1 JABIN king of Canaan defeated and his nine hundred chariots turned into ploughshares, we might expect Israel to make at last a start in its true ca...
A FARMER CALLED TO BE DELIVERER Judges 6:7 God is not content with sending a prophet to condemn our sins; He commissions an angel to bring help. Surely there is truth in the old belief that the Angel...
After the passing of these forty years, sin again brought punishment. The people passed under the oppression of Midian. It was oppression of the severest kind and lasted for seven years. A terrible pi...
When Israel again did evil in the sight of God, he delivered them into the hands of the Midianites, who were descendants of Abraham and Keturah (Genesis 25:1-2). They were allied in the oppression of...
And the (e) LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy (f) might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? (e) That is, Christ appearing in visible form....
Lord, Jehova. (Haydock) --- The Chaldean and Septuagint have, "the angel of the Lord," as the best interpreters understand it. (Calmet) --- Upon him, with benevolence and an air of authority, that he...
I beg the Reader not to overlook the expression, the Lord looked upon him. Was there not somewhat particularly striking in this look of the Lord? Surely his grace, his power, his love, his promised fa...
The book of Joshua has shown the power of Jehovah in the conquests of His people, and this too distinguished from the measure of their practical taking possession of what was conquered. For as these a...
_GIDEON_ ‘And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?’ Judges 6:14 I. GIDEON’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS G...
But again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and He delivered them into the hand of Midian. And the children of Israel cried again unto Jehovah. God reveals the cause of their di...
AND THE LORD LOOKED UPON HIM,.... The same before called the angel of the Lord, and who was no other than Jehovah himself; who looked upon him with great earnestness, and with great delight and pleasu...
And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? Ver. 14. _And the Lord looked upon him._] As well likin...
_The Lord looked upon him_ With a settled, pleasant, and animating countenance, as a testimony of his favour and readiness to help him. _And said, Go in this thy might_ In the power of this commission...
1 The Israelites for their sinne are oppressed by Midian. 8 A prophet rebuketh them. 11 An Angel sendeth Gideon for their deliuerance. 17 Gideons Present is consumed with fire. 24 Gideon destroyet...
And the Lord looked upon him, for He it was that appeared in the form of the Angel, AND SAID, GO IN THIS THY MIGHT, AND THOU SHALT SAVE ISRAEL FROM THE HAND OF THE MIDIANITES. HAVE NOT I SENT THEE, or...
THE ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARS TO GIDEON...
THE OPPRESSION OF MIDIAN (vv.1-10) However, Israel again repeated the evil of departing from the Lord. This time the Lord used Midian to put them under a yoke of oppression which lasted seven years...
11-24 Gideon was a man of a brave, active spirit, yet in obscurity through the times: he is here stirred up to undertake something great. It was very sure that the Lord was with him, when his Angel w...
THE LORD LOOKED UPON HIM, with a settled and pleasant countenance, as a testimony of his favour to him, and of his readiness to help him. GO IN THIS THY MIGHT; or, _go now_, or _at this_ time, _in thy...
Judges 6:14 LORD H3068 turned H6437 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) Go H3212 (H8798) might H3581 save...
‘ And Yahweh looked on him and said, “Go in this your might and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?” ' The Angel now revealed Who He was. It was Yahweh Himself Who looked on Him...
Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were r...
CONTENTS: More apostasy in Israel. Call of Gideon. CHARACTERS: God, Angel of Jehovah (Jesus), Holy Spirit, Gideon, prophet, Joash. CONCLUSION: In times of apostasy, God often calls His mightiest ser...
Judges 6:1. _The Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian,_ the descendants of Abraham's fourth son by Keturah, who oppressed them for seven years. Genesis 25:2. Judges 6:3. _The children of the ea...
_There came an Angel of the Lord _. .. _ Gideon threshed wheat._ GIDEON’S ANGELIC VISITOR I. That a man, when actively and unostentatiously doing his duty, is best fitted for the reception of heaven...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 6:1__ The fifth judge was Gideon, who fought the Midianites twice. The first time he followed God’s instructions (Judges 7:1); the second time he did not ...
CHAPTER 6.—_Judges 6:11_ THE UNSEEN FRIEND CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 6:11. THERE CAME AN ANGEL OF THE LORD.] Rather, “_the angel of the Lord came_.” The reference being to one particular person known a...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 6:11 AN ANGEL, etc. Rather, the _angel of the Lord_,_ _otherwise called "the angel of his presence" (Isaiah 63:9). In Judges 6:14,...
So again the rest for forty days but then in chapter six, AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. And the han...
1 Chronicles 14:10; 1 Chronicles 14:9; 1 Samuel 12:11; Hebrews 11:32;...
GIDEON'S CALL TO CONQUEST Judges 6:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There come times of special exigencies when God speaks to special men calling them to special service. Such a call came to Gideon, and ther...
Looked — With a settled and pleasant countenance, as a testimony of his favour, and readiness to help him. Go — Or, go now, in thy might: in the strength which thou hast already received, and dost now...