Judges 6:15 (YLT)

Passage

And he saith unto him, `O, my lord, wherewith do I save Israel? lo, my chief <FI>is<Fi> weak in Manasseh, and I the least in the house of my father.'

Nearby Context

Judges 6:13 And Gideon saith unto him, `O, my lord--and Jehovah is with us! --and why hath all this found us? and where <FI>are<Fi> all His wonders which our fathers recounted to us, saying, Hath not Jehovah brought us up out of Egypt? and now Jehovah hath left us, and doth give us into the hand of Midian.'

Judges 6:14 And Jehovah turneth unto him and saith, `Go in this--thy power; and thou hast saved Israel out of the hand of Midian--have not I sent thee.'

Judges 6:15 And he saith unto him, `O, my lord, wherewith do I save Israel? lo, my chief <FI>is<Fi> weak in Manasseh, and I the least in the house of my father.'

Judges 6:16 And Jehovah saith unto him, `Because I am with thee--thou hast smitten the Midianites as one man.'

Judges 6:17 And he saith unto Him, `If, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, then Thou hast done for me a sign that Thou art speaking with me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saith", "lord", "wherewith", "save", "israel", "chief", "weak", and "manasseh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saith" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And Jehovah turneth unto him and saith..." into verse 16's "And Jehovah saith unto him Because I...", so "saith" and "lord" 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 "saith" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.