Judges 6:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Judges 6:12 - Albert 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 ).
Judges 6:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 w...
Judges 6:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Angel of the LORD . angel of Jehovah: i.e. the Covenant God "with" His servant (Gideon). Compare Judges 6:20 . angel of Elohim, the Creator working. miracle for His creature. mighty man. Hebrew....
Judges 6:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. The Lord is with thee - "The Word of the Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valo...
Judges 6:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And said unto him, the Lord is with thee— The Targum translates it, the word of the Lord is thy help; which shews, that the ancient Jews looked upon this Angel as the LORD himself, and this is co...
Judges 6:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Judges 6:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Judges 6:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. — Three words in the Hebrew: Jehovah immekâ, Gibbor. It was once a salutation and a blessing. (Comp. Joshua 1:5 ; Luke 1:28 ). The address seem...
Judges 6:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE DESERT HORDES; AND THE MAN AT OPHRAH Judges 6:1-14 JABIN king of Canaan defeated and his nine hundred chariots turned into ploughshares, we might expect Israel to make at last a start in it...
Judges 6:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Farmer Called to Be Deliverer Judges 6:7-18 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...
Judges 6:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 p...
Judges 6:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is somewhat very striking in this short conversation; short as it is, it conveys much more than the mere words express. If this angel was, as the whole sense of the passage seems to intimate, t...
Judges 6:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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:...
Judges 6:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD [is] with thee, thou mighty man of valour. Ver. 12. And the angel appeared unto him. ] As he was threshing. So God called M...
Judges 6:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord is with thee That is, to guide and strengthen thee, to animate and support thee. He is with thee, giving thee a commission to go out against the enemies of Israel, communicating to thee al...
Judges 6:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 ye...
Judges 6:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Call of Gideon. B. C. 1249. 11 And there came an angel of the L ORD , and sat under...
Judges 6:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Will assist thee against thine and mine enemies. Thou mighty man of valour; to whom I have given strength and courage for this end.
Judges 6:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And the Angel of Yahweh appeared to him, and said to him, “Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valour.” ' Gideon may well have been thinking of His people's troubles, and scheming as to what...
Judges 6:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CHAPTER 6.— Judges 6:11-24 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 per...
Judges 6:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
Judges 6:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 o...
Judges 6:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 hea...
Judges 6:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 , Judges 6:16 , Judges 6:23 , for...
Judges 6:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Angel of the Lord Appears to Gideon
Judges 6:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 18:10 ; Acts 18:9 ; Exodus 3:12 ; Joshua 1:5 ; Joshua 1:9 ; Judges 13:3 ; Judges 2:18 ; Luke 1:11 ; Luke 1:28 ; Matthew 1:23 ; Matthew 28:20 ; Ruth 2:4
Judges 6:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Gideon's Call to Conquest Judges 6:11-40 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,...
Judges 6:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Is with thee — That is, will assist thee against thine enemies. Man of valour — To whom I have given strength and courage for this end.

Judges 6:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 6:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 6:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 6:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 6:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 6:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 6:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 6:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 6:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 6:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 6:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 6:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 6:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 6:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 6:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 6:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 6:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 6:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 6:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 6:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 6:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 6:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 6:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Judges 6:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes