Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,
Parallel translations
- KJV And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
- BSB Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
- NKJV So Gideon said to God, “If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said—
- NASB Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel through me, as You have spoken,
- NLT Then Gideon said to God, “If you are truly going to use me to rescue Israel as you promised,
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- Judg 6:14Yahweh looked at him, and said, “Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Haven’t I sent you?”
- Matt 16:1The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
- 2 Kgs 20:9Isaiah said, “This will be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do the thing that he has spoken: should the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?”
- Ps 103:13–14Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
- Exod 4:1–9Moses answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘Yahweh has not appeared to you.’”
- Judg 6:17–20He said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.
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