Judges 6:14 (GNV)

Passage

And the Lord looked vpon him, and sayd, Goe in this thy might, and thou shalt saue Israel out of the handes of the Midianites: haue not I sent thee?

Nearby Context

Judges 6:12 Then the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him, and said vnto him, The Lord is with thee, thou valiant man.

Judges 6:13 To whome Gideon answered, Ah my Lord, if the Lord be with vs, why then is all this come vpon vs? and where be all his miracles which our fathers tolde vs of, and sayd, Did not the Lord bring vs out of Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken vs, and deliuered vs into the hand of the Midianites.

Judges 6:14 And the Lord looked vpon him, and sayd, Goe in this thy might, and thou shalt saue Israel out of the handes of the Midianites: haue not I sent thee?

Judges 6:15 And he answered him, Ah my Lord, whereby shall I saue Israel? beholde, my father is poore in Manasseh, and I am the least in my fathers house.

Judges 6:16 Then the Lord sayd vnto him, I wil therefore be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites, as one man.

Study Lenses

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

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