Judges 6:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said to him, O Lord, how may I be the saviour of Israel? See, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

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  • Exod 3:11 : 11 And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?
  • 1 Sam 9:21 : 21 And Saul said, Am I not a man of Benjamin, the smallest of all the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of the families of Benjamin? why then do you say these words to me?
  • 1 Sam 18:23 : 23 And Saul's servants said these things to David. And David said, Does it seem to you a small thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, of no great name?
  • Jer 1:6 : 6 Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.
  • Jer 50:45 : 45 So give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has made against Babylon, and to his purposes designed against the land of the Chaldaeans; Truly, they will be pulled away by the smallest of the flock; truly, he will make waste their fields with them.
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 For this cause he will give them up till the time when she who is with child has given birth: then the rest of his brothers will come back to the children of Israel.
  • Luke 1:34 : 34 And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?
  • 1 Cor 15:9 : 9 For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
  • Exod 4:10 : 10 And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not a man of words; I have never been so, and am not now, even after what you have said to your servant: for talking is hard for me, and I am slow of tongue.
  • Exod 18:21-25 : 21 But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens; 22 And let them be judges in the causes of the people at all times: and let them put before you all important questions, but in small things let them give decisions themselves: in this way, it will be less hard for you, and they will take the weight off you. 23 If you do this, and God gives approval, then you will be able to go on without weariness, and all this people will go to their tents in peace. 24 So Moses took note of the words of his father-in-law, and did as he had said. 25 And he made selection of able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens.
  • Gen 32:10 : 10 I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for with only my stick in my hand I went across Jordan, and now I have become two armies.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 6:16-17
    2 verses
    82%

    16 Then the Lord said to him, Truly, I will be with you, and you will overcome the Midianites as if they were one man.

    17 So he said to him, If now I have grace in your eyes, then give me a sign that it is you who are talking to me.

  • Judg 6:12-14
    3 verses
    82%

    12 And the angel of the Lord came before his eyes, and said to him, The Lord is with you, O man of war.

    13 Then Gideon said to him, O my lord, if the Lord is with us why has all this come on us? And where are all his works of power, of which our fathers have given us word, saying, Did not the Lord take us out of Egypt? But now he has given us up, handing us over to the power of Midian.

    14 And the Lord, turning to him, said, Go in the strength you have and be Israel's saviour from Midian: have I not sent you?

  • 1 Sam 9:21
    73%

    21 And Saul said, Am I not a man of Benjamin, the smallest of all the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of the families of Benjamin? why then do you say these words to me?

  • Judg 7:2
    73%

    2 And the Lord said to Gideon, So great is the number of your people, that if I give the Midianites into their hands they will be uplifted in pride over me and will say, I myself have been my saviour.

  • Judg 6:36-37
    2 verses
    73%

    36 Then Gideon said to God, If you are going to give Israel salvation by my hand, as you have said,

    37 See, I will put the wool of a sheep on the grain-floor; if there is dew on the wool only, while all the earth is dry, then I will be certain that it is your purpose to give Israel salvation by my hand as you have said.

  • Jer 1:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.

    7 But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for wherever I send you, you are to go, and whatever I give you orders to say, you are to say.

  • Judg 7:9-11
    3 verses
    70%

    9 The same night the Lord said to him, Up! go down now against their army, for I have given them into your hands.

    10 But if you have fear of going down, take your servant Purah with you and go down to the tents;

    11 And after hearing what they are saying, you will get strength to go down against the army. So he went down with his servant Purah to the outer line of the tents of the armed men.

  • Judg 9:17
    70%

    17 (For my father made war for you, and put his life in danger, and made you free from the hands of Midian;

  • Judg 7:14
    70%

    14 And his friend in answer said, This is certainly the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, the men of Israel: into their hands God has given up all the army of Midian.

  • Exod 3:11
    69%

    11 And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?

  • Deut 26:5
    69%

    5 And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:

  • Gen 32:10
    69%

    10 I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for with only my stick in my hand I went across Jordan, and now I have become two armies.

  • Judg 8:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2 And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting?

    3 God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.

  • Gen 37:13
    68%

    13 And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.

  • Exod 4:13
    68%

    13 And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send.

  • 2 Kgs 6:27
    68%

    27 And he said, If the Lord does not give you help, where am I to get help for you? from the grain-floor or the grape-crusher?

  • Judg 6:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6 And Israel was in great need because of Midian; and the cry of the children of Israel went up to the Lord.

    7 And when the cry of the children of Israel, because of Midian, came before the Lord,

  • Amos 7:15
    68%

    15 And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.

  • Gen 44:34
    68%

    34 For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?

  • Gen 44:20
    68%

    20 And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father.

  • Judg 19:18
    68%

    18 And he said to him, We are on our way from Beth-lehem-judah to the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim: I came from there and went to Beth-lehem-judah: now I am on my way back to my house, but no man will take me into his house.

  • Judg 6:22
    67%

    22 Then Gideon was certain that he was the angel of the Lord; and Gideon said, I am in fear, O Lord God! for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.

  • Gen 30:30
    67%

    30 For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

  • Judg 8:19
    67%

    19 And he said, They were my brothers, my mother's sons: by the life of the Lord, if you had kept them safe, I would not put you to death.

  • Gen 31:5-6
    2 verses
    67%

    5 And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me

    6 And you have seen how I have done all in my power for your father,

  • Judg 7:7
    67%

    7 And the Lord said to Gideon, By those three hundred who were drinking with their tongues I will give you salvation and give the Midianites into your hands; let the rest of the people go away, every man to his place.

  • Amos 7:5
    67%

    5 Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.

  • 1 Sam 9:16
    67%

    16 Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and on him you are to put the holy oil, making him ruler over my people Israel, and he will make my people safe from the hands of the Philistines: for I have seen the sorrow of my people, whose cry has come up to me.

  • 2 Sam 1:8
    67%

    8 And he said to me, Who are you? And I said, I am an Amalekite.

  • Gen 15:8
    67%

    8 And he said, O Lord God, how may I be certain that it will be mine?

  • 1 Sam 4:16
    67%

    16 And the man said to Eli, I have come from the army and have come in flight today from the fight. And he said, How did it go, my son?

  • Gen 24:27
    67%

    27 And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.

  • Gen 46:31
    67%

    31 And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;

  • 1 Kgs 18:9
    66%

    9 And he said, What sin have I done, that you would give up your servant into the hand of Ahab, and be the cause of my death?

  • Judg 7:4
    66%

    4 Then the Lord said to Gideon, There are still more people than is necessary; take them down to the water so that I may put them to the test for you there; then whoever I say is to go with you will go, and whoever I say is not to go will not go.

  • Gen 44:22
    66%

    22 And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.

  • 1 Sam 14:6
    66%

    6 And Jonathan said to his young servant who had his arms, Come, let us go over to the armies of these men who have no circumcision: it may be that the Lord will give us help, for there is no limit to his power; the Lord is able to give salvation by a great army or by a small band.

  • Judg 7:17
    66%

    17 And he said to them, Keep your eyes on me, and do what I do; when I come to the outer line of tents, whatever I do, you are to do the same.

  • Deut 1:12
    66%

    12 How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?

  • Judg 1:2
    66%

    2 And the Lord said, Judah is to go up: see, I have given the land into his hands.