Judges 6:17

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.”

What this verse means

A short, plain-language explanation of Judges 6:17 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.

Compare translations
BSBPD

“Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And he saith unto Him, `If, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, then Thou hast done for me a sign that Thou art speaking with me.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
Open the full comparison
Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 6:17 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 15:8But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
  2. Exodus 4:1Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
  3. Exodus 4:8And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.
  4. Exodus 33:13Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people.”
  5. Exodus 33:16For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
  6. Judges 6:36Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
  7. 2 Kings 20:8Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”
  8. Psalms 86:17Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
  9. Isaiah 7:11“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
  10. Isaiah 38:7This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Keep exploring