Judges 6:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my familyd is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. ”

Judges 6:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gideon now perceived that the Lord was speaking to him by His angel. He saw, however, no qualifications in himself, or in his family or tribe, for the office of saviour to his people. He therefore...
Judges 6:15 - 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 6:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

my LORD*. This is one of the 134 places where the primitive text "Jehovah" has been altered to "Adonai" See App-32. behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. family . thousand ( 1 Samuel 10:19 )....
Judges 6:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. Wherewith shall I save Israel? - I have neither me...
Judges 6:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And I am the least in my father's house— Thus God is often pleased to choose the weak things of the world to confound the strong. But the humility of those who know their own weakness, and confide...
Judges 6:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Judges 6:15 - 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 6:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Oh my Lord. — Here our version deliberately adopts the reading adonî, as in Judges 6:13 , and the reason for this reading is that Gideon does not appear to have fully recognised the angel till...
Judges 6:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

GIDEON, ICONOCLAST AND REFORMER Judges 6:15-32 "The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour":-so has the prophetic salutation come to the young man at the threshing floor of Ophrah. It is...
Judges 6:15 - 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 6:15 - 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 6:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This objection, if greater had not arisen in Gideon's mind after, would not have carried with it an evidence of little faith, for it bespoke great humbleness of soul, and a becoming spirit. It is a p...
Judges 6:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said unto him, oh my Lord ,.... Whether he had yet suspected who he was, or took him still for some eminent person, is not certain; it is very probable he began to think he was some extraordi...
Judges 6:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family [is] poor in Manasseh, and I [am] the least in my father's house. Ver. 15. Wherewith shall I save Israel? ] Since...
Judges 6:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, my family Hebrew, my thousand. For the tribes were distributed into several thousands, whereof each thousand had its peculiar governor; is poor Weak and contemptible. I am the least in...
Judges 6:15 - 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 6:15 - 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 6:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My family, Heb. my thousand ; for the tribes were distributed into several thousands, whereof each thousand had his peculiar governor. Poor, i.e. weak and contemptible. I am the least either f...
Judges 6:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And he said to him, “Oh Lord, with what shall I save Israel? Look, my family is the poorest in Manasseh. And I am the least in my father's house” ' (Compare Exodus 4:10 ; Exodus 4:13 ). The w...
Judges 6:15 - 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 6:15 - 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 6:15 - 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 6:15 - 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 6:15 - 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 6:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Angel of the Lord Appears to Gideon
Judges 6:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:9 ; 1 Samuel 18:23 ; 1 Samuel 9:21 ; Ephesians 3:8 ; Exodus 18:21-25 ; Exodus 3:11 ; Exodus 4:10 ; Genesis 32:10 ; Jeremiah 1:6 ; Jeremiah 50:45 ; Luke 1:34 ; Micah 5:2
Judges 6:15 - 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 6:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

My family — Heb. my thousand: for the tribes were distributed into several thousands, whereof each thousand had his peculiar governor. Is poor — That is, weak and contemptible. The least — Either f...

Judges 6:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 6:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 6:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 6:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 6:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 6:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 6:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 6:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 6:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 6:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 6:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 6:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 6:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 6:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 6:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 6:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 6:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 6:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 6:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 6:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 6:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 6:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 6:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Judges 6:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes