Judges 6

1 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

The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he gave them into the hand of Midian for seven years.

2 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

The power of Midian oppressed Israel. Because of Midian, the people of Israel made shelters for themselves from the dens in the hills, the caves, and the strongholds.

3 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

It happened that any time the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people from the east would attack the Israelites.

4 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

They would set up their army on the land and destroy the crops, all the way to Gaza. They would leave no food in Israel, and no sheep, nor cattle or donkeys.

5 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

Whenever they and their livestock and tents came up, they would come as a swarm of locusts, and it was impossible to count either the people or their camels. They invaded the land in order to destroy it.

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

Midian weakened the Israelites so severely that the people of Israel called out to Yahweh.

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

When the people of Israel called out to Yahweh because of Midian,

8 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

Yahweh sent a prophet to the people of Israel. The prophet said to them, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'I brought you up from Egypt; I brought you out of the house of slavery.

9 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

I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of all who were oppressing you. I drove them out before you, and I gave you their land.

10 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

I said to you, “I am Yahweh your God; I commanded you not to worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living.” But you have not obeyed my voice.'”

11 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

Now the angel of Yahweh came and sat under the oak in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash (the Abiezrite), while Gideon, Joash's son, was separating out the wheat by beating it on the floor, in the winepress—to hide it from the Midianites.

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

The angel of Yahweh appeared to him and said to him, “Yahweh is with you, you strong warrior!”

13 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

Gideon said to him, “Oh, my master, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers told us about, when they said, 'Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?' But now Yahweh has abandoned us and gave us into the hand of Midian.”

14 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

Yahweh looked at him and said, “Go in the strength you already have. Deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?”

15 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

Gideon said to him, “Please, Lord, how can I deliver Israel? See, my family is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least important in my father's house.”

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

Yahweh said to him, “I will be with you, and you will defeat the entire Midianite army as one man.”

17 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

Gideon said to him, “If you are pleased with me, then give me a sign that it is you who is speaking to me.

18 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

Please, do not leave here, until I come to you and bring out my gift and set it before you.” Yahweh said, “I will wait until you return.”

19 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

Gideon went and prepared a young goat and from an ephah of flour he made unleavened bread. He put the meat in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot and brought them to him under the oak tree, and presented them.

20 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

The angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread and put them on this rock, and pour out the broth over them.” That is what Gideon did.

21 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

Then the angel of Yahweh reached out with the end of the staff in his hand. With it he touched the flesh and the unleavened bread; a fire went up out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of Yahweh went away and Gideon could no longer see him.

22 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

Gideon understood that this was the angel of Yahweh. Gideon said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! For I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face!”

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

Yahweh said to him, “Peace to you! Do not be afraid, you will not die.”

24 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

So Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh. He called it, “Yahweh is Peace.” To this day it still stands at Ophrah of the clan of Abiezer.

25 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

That night Yahweh said to him, “Take your father's bull, and a second bull that is seven years old, and pull apart the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it.

26 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

Build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this place of refuge, and construct it the correct way. Offer the second bull as a burnt offering, using the wood from the Asherah that you cut down.”

27 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

So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as Yahweh had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father's household and the men of the town to do it during the day, he did it at night.

28 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

In the morning when the men of the town got up, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah that was beside it was cut down, and the second bull had been offered on the altar that had been built.

29 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

The men of the city said to one another, “Who has done this?” When they talked with others and searched for answers, they said, “Gideon son of Joash has done this thing.”

30 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

Then the men of the town said to Joash, “Bring out your son so that he may be put to death, because he pulled apart the altar of Baal, and because he cut down the Asherah beside it.”

31 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

Joash said to all who opposed him, “Will you plead the case for Baal? Will you save him? Whoever pleads the case for him, let him be put to death while it is still morning. If Baal is a god, let him defend himself when someone pulls his altar apart.”

32 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

Therefore on that day they called Gideon “Jerub Baal,” because he said, “Let Baal defend himself against him,” because Gideon broke down Baal's altar.

33 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

Now all the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the people of the east gathered together. They crossed over the Jordan and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

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

But the Spirit of Yahweh came over Gideon. Gideon blew a trumpet, calling out the clan of Abiezer, so they might follow him.

35 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

He sent messengers all throughout Manasseh, and they too, were called out to follow him. He also sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet him.

36 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

Gideon said to God, “If you intend to use me to save Israel, as you have said—

37 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

Look, I am putting a woolen fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece, and it is dry on all the ground, then I will know that you will use me to save Israel, as you said.”

38 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

This is what happened—Gideon rose early the next morning, he pressed the fleece together, and wrung out the dew from the fleece, enough to fill a bowl with water.

39 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

Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me, I will speak one more time. Please allow me one more test using the fleece. This time make the fleece dry, and let there be dew on all the ground around it.”

40 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

God did what he asked for that night. The fleece was dry, and there was dew on all the ground around it.