Judges 6:23 (GNV)

Passage

And the Lord said vnto him, Peace be vnto thee: feare not, thou shalt not die.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:21 Then the Angell of the Lord put forth the ende of the staffe that he had in his hand, and touched the flesh and the vnleauened bread: and there arose vp fire out of the stone, and consumed the flesh and the vnleauened bread: so the Angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.

Judges 6:22 And when Gideon perceiued that it was an Angel of the Lord, Gideon then sayde, Alas, my Lord God: for because I haue seene an Angell of the Lord face to face, I shall die.

Judges 6:23 And the Lord said vnto him, Peace be vnto thee: feare not, thou shalt not die.

Judges 6:24 Then Gideon made an altar there vnto the Lord, and called it, Iehouah shalom: vnto this day it is in Ophrah, of the father of the Ezrites.

Judges 6:25 And the same night the Lord sayd vnto him, Take thy fathers yong bullocke, and an other bullocke of seuen yeeres olde, and destroy the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut downe the groue that is by it,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "said", "vnto", "peace", "thee", "feare", and "thou". 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 22's "And when Gideon perceiued that it was..." into verse 24's "Then Gideon made an altar there vnto...", 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.