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

Bible Comments

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 confirmed by the Targum translation of the following verse; Is the SCHECHINAH of the Lord our help? whence, then, hath all this happened unto us? a paraphrase, which shews that they took the word of the Lord to be the same with the Schechinah of the Lord.

Judges 6:12

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