Judges 6:16 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Judges 6:18 Move not, I pray Thee, from this, till my coming in unto Thee, and I have brought out my present, and put it before Thee;' and he saith, `I--I do abide till thy return.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "saith", "thee--thou", "hast", "smitten", and "midianites". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "And he saith unto him O my..." into verse 17's "And he saith unto Him If I...", so "jehovah" and "saith" 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 "jehovah" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.