Judges 6:16 (LSB)

Passage

But Yahweh said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike down Midian as one man.”

Nearby Context

Judges 6:14 Then Yahweh turned to him and said, “Go in this strength of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?”

Judges 6:15 But he said to Him, “O Lord, with what shall I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the least in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”

Judges 6:16 But Yahweh said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike down Midian as one man.”

Judges 6:17 So Gideon said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your eyes, then do a sign for me that it is You who speak with me.

Judges 6:18 Please do not depart from here until I come back to You, and I bring out my offering and lay it before You.” And He said, “I will remain until you return.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "said", "surely", "shall", "strike", "down", and "midian". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "But he said to Him O Lord..." into verse 17's "So Gideon said to Him If now...", so "yahweh" 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 "yahweh" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.