Judges 6:14 (DBY)

Passage

And Jehovah looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have not I sent thee?

Nearby Context

Judges 6:12 And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him, and said to him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

Judges 6:13 And Gideon said to him, Ah my Lord, if Jehovah be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where are all his miracles that our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? And now Jehovah hath cast us off, and given us into the hand of Midian.

Judges 6:14 And Jehovah looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have not I sent thee?

Judges 6:15 And he said to him, Ah Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my thousand is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

Judges 6:16 And Jehovah said to him, I will certainly be with thee; and thou shalt smite Midian as one man.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And Gideon said to him Ah my..." into verse 15's "And he said to him Ah Lord...", so "jehovah" and "looked" 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 "looked" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.