Judges 6:23 (ASV)

Passage

And Jehovah said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:21 Then the angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight.

Judges 6:22 And Gideon saw that he was the angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of Jehovah face to face.

Judges 6:23 And Jehovah said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

Judges 6:24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Judges 6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said unto him, Take thy father`s bullock, even the second bullock seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "said", "peace", "thee", "fear", "thou", and "shalt". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "And Gideon saw that he was the..." into verse 24's "Then Gideon built an altar there unto...", so "jehovah" and "said" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jehovah" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.