King James Version
Judges 6:14 in the King James Version says “And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites...” — study this verse from Judges chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?”
Judges 6:14 · KJV
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. my family: Heb. my thousand is the meanest
And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“in this thy might”
H3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
“and thou shalt save”
H3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“from the hand”
H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
“of the Midianites”
H4080midjan, a son of abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“have not I sent”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
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