Judges 6:18 (GNV)

Passage

Depart not hence, I pray thee, vntil I come vnto thee, and bring mine offring, and lay it before thee. And he sayde, I will tary vntill thou come againe.

Nearby Context

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

Judges 6:17 And he answered him, I pray thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, then shewe me a signe, that thou talkest with me.

Judges 6:18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, vntil I come vnto thee, and bring mine offring, and lay it before thee. And he sayde, I will tary vntill thou come againe.

Judges 6:19 Then Gideon went in, and made ready a kidde, and vnleauened bread of an Ephah of floure, and put the flesh in a basket, and put the broth in a pot, and brought it out vnto him vnder the oke, and presented it.

Judges 6:20 And the Angell of God saide vnto him, Take the flesh and the vnleauened bread, and lay them vpon this stone, and powre out the broth: and he did so.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "depart", "hence", "pray", "thee", "vntil", "come", and "vnto". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "depart" and "hence", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "And he answered him I pray thee..." into verse 19's "Then Gideon went in and made ready...", so "depart" and "hence" 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 "depart" and "hence" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.