Judges 6:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 32:30 : 30 And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.
  • Exod 33:20 : 20 But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.
  • Deut 5:26 : 26 For what man is there in all the earth, who, hearing the voice of the living God as we have, out of the heart of the fire, has been kept from death?
  • Judg 13:21-23 : 21 But the angel of the Lord was seen no more by Manoah and his wife. Then it was clear to Manoah that he was the angel of the Lord. 22 And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen. 23 But his wife said to him, If the Lord was purposing our death, he would not have taken our burned offering and our meal offering, or have given us such orders about the child.
  • Isa 6:5-8 : 5 Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies. 6 Then a winged one came to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from off the altar with the fire-spoon. 7 And after touching my mouth with it, he said, See, your lips have been touched with this; and your evil is taken away, and you are made clean from sin. 8 And the voice of the Lord came to my ears, saying, Whom am I to send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I, send me.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.
  • John 12:41 : 41 (Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.)
  • Deut 5:5 : 5 (I was between the Lord and you at that time, to make clear to you the word of the Lord: because, through fear of the fire, you did not go up the mountain;) saying,
  • Deut 5:24 : 24 And said, The Lord has let us see his glory and his power, and his voice has come to us out of the fire: today we have seen that a man may go on living even after hearing the voice of God.
  • Gen 16:13 : 13 And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 6:10-14
    5 verses
    81%

    10 And I said to you, I am the Lord your God; you are not to give worship to the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but you did not give ear to my voice.

    11 Now the angel of the Lord came and took his seat under the oak-tree in Ophrah, in the field of Joash the Abiezrite; and his son Gideon was crushing grain in the place where the grapes were crushed, so that the Midianites might not see it.

    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?

  • Judg 6:23-24
    2 verses
    80%

    23 But the Lord said to him, Peace be with you; have no fear: you are in no danger of death.

    24 Then Gideon made an altar there to the Lord, and gave it the name Yahweh-shalom; to this day it is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • Judg 6:16-21
    6 verses
    77%

    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.

    18 Do not go away till I come with my offering and put it before you. And he said, I will not go away before you come back.

    19 Then Gideon went in and made ready a young goat, and with an ephah of meal he made unleavened cakes: he put the meat in a basket and the soup in which it had been cooked he put in a pot, and he took it out to him under the oak-tree and gave it to him there.

    20 And the angel of God said to him, Take the meat and the unleavened cakes and put them down on the rock over there, draining out the soup over them. And he did so.

    21 Then the angel of the Lord put out the stick which was in his hand, touching the meat and the cakes with the end of it; and a flame came up out of the rock, burning up the meat and the cakes: and the angel of the Lord was seen no longer.

  • Judg 13:20-22
    3 verses
    76%

    20 And when the flame went up to heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar, while Manoah and his wife were looking on; and they went down on their faces to the earth.

    21 But the angel of the Lord was seen no more by Manoah and his wife. Then it was clear to Manoah that he was the angel of the Lord.

    22 And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen.

  • Judg 6:36-37
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Judg 7:13-15
    3 verses
    73%

    13 When Gideon came there, a man was giving his friend an account of his dream, saying, See, I had a dream about a cake of barley bread which, falling into the tents of Midian, came on to the tent, overturning it so that it was stretched out flat on the earth.

    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.

    15 Then Gideon, hearing the story of the dream and the sense in which they took it, gave worship; then he went back to the tents of Israel, and said, Up! for the Lord has given the army of Midian into your hands.

  • Num 22:31
    73%

    31 Then the Lord made Balaam's eyes open, and he saw the angel of the Lord in the way with his sword in his hand: and he went down on his face to the earth.

  • Judg 6:27
    72%

    27 Then Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord had said to him; but fearing to do it by day, because of his father's people and the men of the town, he did it by night.

  • Judg 13:15-18
    4 verses
    72%

    15 And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you.

    16 And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Though you keep me I will not take of your food; but if you will make a burned offering, let it be offered to the Lord. For it had not come into Manoah's mind that he was the angel of the Lord.

    17 Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, What is your name, so that when your words come true we may give you honour?

    18 But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?

  • Judg 7:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 Then Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, and all the people with him, got up early and put up their tents by the side of the water-spring of Harod; the tents of Midian were on the north side of him, under the hill of Moreh in the valley.

    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 13:6
    72%

    6 Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name;

  • Judg 6:39
    71%

    39 Then Gideon said to God, Do not be moved to wrath against me if I say only this: let me make one more test with the wool; let the wool now be dry, while the earth is covered with dew.

  • 1 Chr 21:16
    70%

    16 And David, lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord there between earth and heaven, with an uncovered sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the responsible men, clothed in haircloth, went down on their faces.

  • Judg 7:17
    70%

    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.

  • Gen 32:30
    70%

    30 And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.

  • Zech 3:6
    70%

    6 And the angel of the Lord made a statement to Joshua, and said,

  • Exod 3:2
    70%

    2 And the angel of the Lord was seen by him in a flame of fire coming out of a thorn-tree: and he saw that the tree was on fire, but it was not burned up.

  • Luke 2:9
    69%

    9 And an angel of the Lord came to them, and the glory of the Lord was shining round about them: and fear came on them.

  • Judg 6:29
    69%

    29 And they said to one another, Who has done this thing? And after searching with care, they said, Gideon, the son of Joash, has done this thing.

  • Gen 31:11
    69%

    11 And in my dream the angel of the Lord said to me, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

  • Luke 1:12
    69%

    12 And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him.

  • Num 22:24
    69%

    24 Then the angel of the Lord took up his position in a narrow road through the vine-gardens, with a wall on this side and on that.

  • Zech 1:9
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    9 Then I said, O my lord, what are these? And the angel who was talking to me said to me, I will make clear to you what they are.

  • Gen 18:2
    69%

    2 And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

  • Judg 8:3
    69%

    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.

  • Exod 3:6
    69%

    6 And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.

  • Ezek 1:28
    69%

    28 Like the bow in the cloud on a day of rain, so was the light shining round him. And this is what the glory of the Lord was like. And when I saw it I went down on my face, and the voice of one talking came to my ears.

  • Judg 6:34
    68%

    34 But the spirit of the Lord came on Gideon; and at the sound of his horn all Abiezer came together after him.

  • Zech 4:5
    68%

    5 Then the angel who was talking to me, answering me, said, Have you no knowledge of what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

  • Judg 13:10
    68%

    10 So the woman, running quickly, gave her husband the news, saying, I have seen the man who came to me the other day.

  • Gen 32:1
    68%

    1 And on his way Jacob came face to face with the angels of God.