Judges 6:16 (DRB)

Passage

And the Lord said to him: I will be with thee: and thou shalt cut off Madian as one man.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:14 And the Lord looked upon him, and said: Go, in this thy strength, and thou shalt deliver Israel out of the hand of Madian: know that I have sent thee.

Judges 6:15 He answered, and said: I beseech thee, my lord wherewith shall I deliver Israel? Behold, my family is the meanest in Manasses, and I am the least in my father's house.

Judges 6:16 And the Lord said to him: I will be with thee: and thou shalt cut off Madian as one man.

Judges 6:17 And he said: If I have found grace before thee, give me a sign that it is thou that speakest to me:

Judges 6:18 And depart not hence, till I return to thee, and bring a sacrifice, and offer it to thee. And he answered: I will wait thy coming.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "He answered and said I beseech thee..." into verse 17's "And he said If I have found...", so "lord" 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 "lord" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.