Judges 6:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. ”

Judges 6:16 - 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 6:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I will be With thee. Compare Exodus 3:12 . Isaiah 7:14 . Matthew 1:23 .
Judges 6:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. Thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man - Thou shalt as surely conquer all their host as if...
Judges 6:16 - 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 6:16 - 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 6:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will be with thee. — See Exodus 3:12 ; Joshua 1:5 . Smite the Midianites as one man. — See Chap’ 19 1:8; Numbers 14:15 .
Judges 6:16 - 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 6:16 - 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 6:16 - 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 6:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! do not overlook the gracious condescension of Jesus to the fears and doubts of his people, while you are reading this verse. It is thus, depend upon it, he deals with them all. Matthew 12:20...
Judges 6:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord said unto him, surely I will be with thee ,.... The Targum is, "my Word shall be thy help,'' which was sufficient to answer all objections taken from his meanness, unworthiness, and w...
Judges 6:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. Ver. 16. Surely I will be with thee. ] I who, of myself, am a whole army. Isa 52:12 As on...
Judges 6:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man As easily as if they were all but one man. Show me a sign This Gideon desired, that he might be sure the commission was divine, and that God, who called...
Judges 6:16 - 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 6:16 - 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 6:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As easily as if they were all but one man; or, thou shalt destroy them to a man, as he did, Jud 8 .
Judges 6:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Yahweh said to him, “I will surely be with you, and you will smite the Midianites as one man.” ' God's reply was that Gideon should consider the odds. He would be there with him. Thus it wo...
Judges 6:16 - 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 6:16 - 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 6:16 - 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 6:16 - 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 6:16 - 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 6:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Angel of the Lord Appears to Gideon
Judges 6:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 11:21 ; Exodus 3:12 ; Isaiah 41:10 ; Isaiah 41:14-16 ; Joshua 1:5 ; Judges 6:12 ; Mark 16:20 ; Matthew 28:20
Judges 6:16 - 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 6:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As one man — As easily, as if they were all but one man.

Judges 6:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 6:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 6:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 6:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 6:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 6:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 6:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 6:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 6:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 6:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 6:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 6:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 6:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 6:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 6:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 6:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 6:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 6:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 6:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 6:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 6:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Judges 6:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes