King James Version
Judges 6:23 in the King James Version says “And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.” — study this verse from Judges chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.”
Judges 6:23 · KJV
Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.
And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. Jehovahshalom: that is, The LORD send peace
And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: even: or, and
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“unto him Peace”
H7965safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“not thou shalt not die”
H4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
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