Judges 6:16 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Judges 6:14 Yahweh looked at him, and said, “Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Haven’t I sent you?”

Judges 6:15 He said to him, “O Lord, how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”

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

Judges 6:17 He said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.

Judges 6:18 Please don’t go away, until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you.” He said, “I will wait until you come back.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "said", "surely", "shall", "strike", and "midianites". 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 "He said to him O Lord how..." into verse 17's "He said to him If now I...", 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.