Judges 6:22 (YLT)

Passage

And Gideon seeth that He <FI>is<Fi> a messenger of Jehovah, and Gideon saith, `Alas, Lord Jehovah! because that I have seen a messenger of Jehovah face to face!'

Nearby Context

Judges 6:20 And the messenger of God saith unto him, `Take the flesh and the unleavened things, and place on this rock--and the broth pour out;' and he doth so.

Judges 6:21 And the messenger of Jehovah putteth forth the end of the staff which <FI>is<Fi> in His hand, and cometh against the flesh, and against the unleavened things, and the fire goeth up out of the rock and consumeth the flesh and the unleavened things--and the messenger of Jehovah hath gone from his eyes.

Judges 6:22 And Gideon seeth that He <FI>is<Fi> a messenger of Jehovah, and Gideon saith, `Alas, Lord Jehovah! because that I have seen a messenger of Jehovah face to face!'

Judges 6:23 And Jehovah saith to him, `Peace to thee; fear not; thou dost not die.'

Judges 6:24 And Gideon buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and calleth it Jehovah-Shalom, unto this day it <FI>is<Fi> yet in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrites.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "gideon", "seeth", "messenger", "jehovah", "saith", "alas", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "gideon" and "seeth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "And the messenger of Jehovah putteth forth..." into verse 23's "And Jehovah saith to him Peace to...", so "gideon" and "seeth" 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 "gideon" and "seeth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.