Judges 6:17 (KJV)

Passage

And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.

Judges 6:16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.

Judges 6:17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

Judges 6:18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.

Judges 6:19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "said", "found", "sight", "shew", "sign", "thou", and "talkest". 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 unto him Surely..." into verse 18's "Depart not hence I pray thee until...", 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.