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And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
Judges 7:9 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB That same night, Yahweh said to him, “Arise, go down into the camp; for I have delivered it into your hand.
  • BSB That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
  • NKJV It happened on the same night that the Lord said to him, “Arise, go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
  • NASB Now on the same night it came about that the Lord said to him, “Arise, go down against the camp, for I have handed it over to you.
  • NLT That night the Lord said, “Get up! Go down into the Midianite camp, for I have given you victory over them!

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Quick answer

That night God tells Gideon to attack, assuring him the camp is already delivered into his hand.

Overview

The Lord commands Gideon to go down against the camp, speaking of the victory as already accomplished. God's assurance grounds the coming action in His certain promise rather than in visible odds. Faith is called to act on the basis of what God has declared, treating His promise as good as done.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 18

  • Acts 18:9–10Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
  • Judg 3:28And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
  • Gen 46:2–3And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
  • Judg 4:14–15And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
  • 2 Chr 16:8–9Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
  • Matt 1:20But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
  • Job 33:15–16In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
  • 2 Chr 20:17Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
  • Josh 2:24And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
  • Job 4:13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
  • Matt 2:13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
  • Judg 3:10And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
  • Isa 41:10–16Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
  • Isa 43:1–2But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
  • Josh 1:5–9There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
  • Josh 10:8And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
  • Acts 27:23For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
  • Josh 11:6And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

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Christ at the center

Israel's cycle of sin and rescue through flawed deliverers cries out for a Savior who never fails — the true and final Judge and Deliverer who saves his people not for a season but forever.

How Judges 7:9 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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