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.
Parallel translations
- WEB That same night, Yahweh said to him, “Arise, go down into the camp; for I have delivered it into your hand.
- KJV 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.
- BSB That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and 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
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- Acts 18:9–10The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;
- Judg 3:28He said to them, “Follow me; for Yahweh has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” They followed him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and didn’t allow any man to pass over.
- Gen 46:2–3God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.”
- Judg 4:14–15Deborah said to Barak, “Go; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn’t Yahweh gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
- 2 Chr 16:8–9Weren’t the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge army, with chariots and horsemen exceeding many? Yet, because you relied on Yahweh, he delivered them into your hand.
- Matt 1:20But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
- Job 33:15–16In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed;
- 2 Chr 20:17You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’”
- Josh 2:24They said to Joshua, “Truly Yahweh has delivered all the land into our hands. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us.”
- Job 4:13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
- Matt 2:13Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”
- Judg 3:10Yahweh’s Spirit came on him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Yahweh delivered Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. His hand prevailed against Cushan Rishathaim.
- Isa 41:10–16Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Isa 43:1–2But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.
- Josh 1:5–9No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.
- Josh 10:8Yahweh said to Joshua, “Don’t fear them, for I have delivered them into your hands. Not a man of them will stand before you.”
- Acts 27:23For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,
- Josh 11:6Yahweh said to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time, I will deliver them up all slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.”
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