Judges 6

1 And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

and to make: do son: descendant/people Israel [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and to give: give them LORD in/on/with hand: power Midian seven year

2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made for themselves the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

and be strong hand: power Midian upon Israel from face: because Midian to make to/for them son: descendant/people Israel [obj] [the] cave which in/on/with mountain: mount and [obj] [the] cave and [obj] [the] stronghold

3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that Midian, Amalek, and the Kedemites would come up against them.

and to be if to sow Israel and to ascend: rise Midian and Amalek and son: descendant/people East and to ascend: rise upon him

4 And they camped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, as far as Gaza, and they left no sustenance in Israel, as well as sheep, or ox, or donkey.

and to camp upon them and to ruin [obj] crops [the] land: country/planet till to come (in): towards you Gaza and not to remain recovery in/on/with Israel and sheep and cattle and donkey

5 For they came up with their livestock and their tents and their camels. They would come in like locusts in number, and they were innumerable. And they came into the land to ravage it.

for they(masc.) and livestock their to ascend: rise and tent their (and to come (in): come *Q(K)*) like/as sufficiency locust to/for abundance and to/for them and to/for camel their nothing number and to come (in): come in/on/with land: country/planet to/for to ruin her

6 Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD.

and to languish Israel much from face: because Midian and to cry out son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) LORD

7 It happened, when the children of Israel cried to the LORD because of Midian,

and to be for to cry out son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) LORD upon because Midian

8 that the LORD sent a prophet to the children of Israel, and he said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;

and to send: depart LORD man prophet to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel and to say to/for them thus to say LORD God Israel I to ascend: establish [obj] you from Egypt and to come out: send [obj] you from house: home servant/slave

9 and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land;

and to rescue [obj] you from hand: power Egyptian and from hand: power all to oppress you and to drive out: drive out [obj] them from face: before your and to give: give [emph?] to/for you [obj] land: country/planet their

10 and I said to you, "I am the LORD your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell." But you have not listened to my voice.'"

and to say [emph?] to/for you I LORD God your not to fear: revere [obj] God [the] Amorite which you(m. p.) to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet their and not to hear: obey in/on/with voice my

11 The angel of the LORD came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

and to come (in): come messenger: angel LORD and to dwell underneath: under [the] oak which in/on/with Ophrah which to/for Joash Abiezrite [the] Abiezrite and Gideon son: child his to beat wheat in/on/with wine press to/for to flee from face of Midian

12 The angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, "The LORD is with you, mighty warrior."

and to see: seer to(wards) him messenger: angel LORD and to say to(wards) him LORD with you mighty man [the] strength

13 Gideon said to him, "Oh, my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, 'Didn't the LORD bring us up from Egypt?' But now the LORD has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian."

and to say to(wards) him Gideon please lord my and there LORD with us and to/for what? to find us all this and where? all to wonder his which to recount to/for us father our to/for to say not from Egypt to ascend: establish us LORD and now to leave us LORD and to give: give us in/on/with palm Midian

14 The LORD looked at him, and said, "Go in this strength of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Look, haven't I sent you?"

and to turn to(wards) him LORD and to say to go: went in/on/with strength your this and to save [obj] Israel from palm Midian not to send: depart you

15 He said to him, "O Lord, how shall I save Israel? Look, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house."

and to say to(wards) him please Lord in/on/with what? to save [obj] Israel behold thousand: clan my [the] poor in/on/with Manasseh and I [the] little in/on/with house: household father my

16 And the LORD said to him, "Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man."

and to say to(wards) him LORD for to be with you and to smite [obj] Midian like/as man one

17 He 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.

and to say to(wards) him if please to find favor in/on/with eye your and to make: do to/for me sign: miraculous which/that you(m. s.) to speak: speak with me

18 Please do not go away, until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you." He said, "I will wait until you come back."

not please to remove from this till to come (in): come I to(wards) you and to come out: send [obj] offering: gift my and to rest to/for face: before your and to say I to dwell till to return: return you

19 Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.

and Gideon to come (in): come and to make: offer kid goat and ephah flour unleavened bread [the] flesh to set: put in/on/with basket and [the] broth to set: put in/on/with pot and to come out: send to(wards) him to(wards) underneath: under [the] oak and to approach: bring

20 The angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth." And he did so.

and to say to(wards) him messenger: angel [the] God to take: take [obj] [the] flesh and [obj] [the] unleavened bread and to rest to(wards) [the] crag this and [obj] [the] broth to pour: pour and to make: do so

21 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 went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.

and to send: reach messenger: angel LORD [obj] end [the] staff which in/on/with hand his and to touch in/on/with flesh and in/on/with unleavened bread and to ascend: rise [the] fire from [the] rock and to eat [obj] [the] flesh and [obj] [the] unleavened bread and messenger: angel LORD to go: went from eye: seeing his

22 Gideon saw that he was the angel of the LORD; and Gideon said, "Alas, Lord GOD. Because I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face."

and to see: examine Gideon for messenger: angel LORD he/she/it and to say Gideon alas! Lord YHWH/God for as that: since as as to see: see messenger: angel LORD face to(wards) face

23 The LORD said to him, "Peace be to you. Do not be afraid. You shall not die."

and to say to/for him LORD peace to/for you not to fear not to die

24 Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it "The LORD is Peace." To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

and to build there Gideon altar to/for LORD and to call: call by to/for him LORD Peace till [the] day: today [the] this still he in/on/with Ophrah Abiezrite [the] Abiezrite

25 It happened the same night, that the LORD said to him, "Take your father's bull, even the second bull seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it;

and to be in/on/with night [the] he/she/it and to say to/for him LORD to take: take [obj] bullock [the] cattle which to/for father your and bullock [the] second seven year and to overthrow [obj] altar [the] Baal which to/for father your and [obj] [the] Asherah which upon him to cut: cut

26 and build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down."

and to build altar to/for LORD God your upon head: top [the] security [the] this in/on/with rank and to take: take [obj] [the] bullock [the] second and to ascend: offer up burnt offering in/on/with tree: wood [the] Asherah which to cut: cut

27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had spoken to him: and it came about, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

and to take: take Gideon ten human from servant/slave his and to make: do like/as as which to speak: speak to(wards) him LORD and to be like/as as which to fear [obj] house: household father his and [obj] human [the] city from to make: do by day and to make: do night

28 When the men of the city arose early in the morning, look, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built.

and to rise human [the] city in/on/with morning and behold to tear altar [the] Baal and [the] Asherah which upon him to cut: cut and [obj] [the] bullock [the] second to ascend: offer up upon [the] altar [the] to build

29 And they said to one another, "Who has done this thing?" When they inquired and asked, they said, "Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing."

and to say man: anyone to(wards) neighbor his who? to make: do [the] word: thing [the] this and to seek and to seek and to say Gideon son: child Joash to make: do [the] word: thing [the] this

30 Then the men of the city said to Joash, "Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it."

and to say human [the] city to(wards) Joash to come out: send [obj] son: child your and to die for to tear [obj] altar [the] Baal and for to cut: cut [the] Asherah which upon him

31 Joash said to all who stood against him, "Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death while it is yet morning: if he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar."

and to say Joash to/for all which to stand: stand upon him you(m. p.) to contend [emph?] to/for Baal if you(m. p.) to save [emph?] [obj] him which to contend to/for him to die till [the] morning if God he/she/it to contend to/for him for to tear [obj] altar his

32 Therefore on that day he named him Jerubbaal, saying, "Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar."

and to call: call by to/for him in/on/with day [the] he/she/it Jerubbaal to/for to say to contend in/on/with him [the] Baal for to tear [obj] altar his

33 Then all Midian and Amalek and the Kedemites assembled themselves together; and they crossed over, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

and all Midian and Amalek and son: descendant/people East to gather together and to pass and to camp in/on/with Valley (of Jezreel) (Valley of) Jezreel

34 But the Spirit of the LORD came on Gideon; and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together after him.

and spirit LORD to clothe [obj] Gideon and to blow in/on/with trumpet (and to cry out *L(abh)*) Abiezer after him

35 He sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also were gathered together after him: and he sent messengers to Asher, and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

and messenger to send: depart in/on/with all Manasseh (and to cry out *L(abh)*) also he/she/it after him and messenger to send: depart in/on/with Asher and in/on/with Zebulun and in/on/with Naphtali and to ascend: rise to/for to encounter: meet them

36 Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,

and to say Gideon to(wards) [the] God if there you to save in/on/with hand: power my [obj] Israel like/as as which to speak: speak

37 look, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken."

behold I to set [obj] fleece [the] wool in/on/with threshing floor if dew to be upon [the] fleece to/for alone her and upon all [the] land: soil drought and to know for to save in/on/with hand: power my [obj] Israel like/as as which to speak: speak

38 It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.

and to be so and to rise from morrow and to crush [obj] [the] fleece and to drain dew from [the] fleece fullness [the] bowl water

39 Gideon said to God, "Do not let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make one more test with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew."

and to say Gideon to(wards) [the] God not to be incensed face: anger your in/on/with me and to speak: speak surely [the] beat to test please except [the] beat in/on/with fleece to be please drought to(wards) [the] fleece to/for alone her and upon all [the] land: soil to be dew

40 God did so that night, for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew all over the ground.

and to make: do God so in/on/with night [the] he/she/it and to be drought to(wards) [the] fleece to/for alone her and upon all [the] land: soil to be dew