Judges 6:23 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Judges 6:21 And 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 rose 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 perceived that he was an angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! for because I have seen an angel of Jehovah face to face

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

Judges 6:24 And Gideon built there an altar to Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom. To this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.

Judges 6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said to him, Take the young bullock, which thy father hath, even the second bullock of 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 perceived that he was an..." into verse 24's "And Gideon built there an altar to...", 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.