Judges 6:17 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Judges 6:19 So Gedeon went in, and boiled a kid, and made unleavened loaves of a measure of flour: and putting the flesh in a basket, and the broth of the flesh into a pot, he carried all under the oak, and presented to him.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "And the Lord said to him I..." into verse 18's "And depart not hence till I return...", so "grace" 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 "grace" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.