KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Judges 6:17 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And he said” | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “unto” | אֵלָ֔יו | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
| “him, If” | אִם | Used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | If |
| “now” | נָ֛א | 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction | now |
| “I have found” | מָצָ֥אתִי | Properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present | found |
| “grace” | חֵ֖ן | Graciousness, i.e., subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty) | grace |
| “in thy sight,” | בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | sight |
| “then shew” | וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | then shew |
| “me a sign” | א֔וֹת | A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc | sign |
| “that thou” | שָֽׁאַתָּ֖ה | Thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you | that thou |
| “talkest” | מְדַבֵּ֥ר | Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue | talkest |
| “with me.” | עִמִּֽי׃ | Adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English) | with me |
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15 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.
16 And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.
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