Judges 6:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Then the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And there came an angell of the LORDE, & sat him downe vnder an Oke at Aphra, which belonged vnto Ioas the father of ye Esrites, and his sonne Gedeon was throsshinge wheate in the barne, that he mighte flye awaye before the Madianites.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the Angell of the Lord came, and sate vnder the oke which was in Ophrah, that perteined vnto Ioash the father of the Ezrites, and his sonne Gideon threshed wheate by the winepresse, to hide it from the Midianites.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the angel of the Lorde came and sate vnder an Oke which was in Ephrah, that parteyned vnto Ioas the father of the Esrites: And his sonne Gedeon threshed wheat by the wyne presse, to hyde it from the Madianites.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which [was] in Ophrah, that [pertained] unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide [it] from the Midianites.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The angel of Yahweh 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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the messenger of Jehovah cometh and sitteth under the oak which `is' in Ophrah, which `is' to Joash the Abi-Ezrite, and Gideon his son is beating out wheat in the wine-press, to remove `it' from the presence of the Midianites;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The angel of Yahweh 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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Gideon Meets Some Visitors The LORD’s angel came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash’s son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites.

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 17:2 : 2 There was also a portion for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families: for the sons of Abiezer, the sons of Helek, the sons of Asriel, the sons of Shechem, the sons of Hepher, and the sons of Shemida. These were the male children of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, by their families.
  • Heb 11:32 : 32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets:
  • Judg 13:3 : 3 And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, you are barren and have no children: but you shall conceive and bear a son.
  • Judg 8:2 : 2 And he said to them, What have I done now in comparison to you? Isn't the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
  • Judg 13:18-20 : 18 And the angel of the LORD said to him, Why do you ask my name, seeing it is secret? 19 So Manoah took a young goat with a grain offering, and offered it on a rock to the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. 20 For it happened, when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife watched it and fell on their faces to the ground.
  • Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
  • Gen 16:7 : 7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
  • Gen 48:16 : 16 The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
  • Josh 18:23 : 23 Avim, Parah, Ophrah,
  • Judg 2:1-5 : 1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, I brought you up out of Egypt and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. 2 And you shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; you shall tear down their altars: but you have not obeyed my voice: why have you done this? 3 Therefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there to the LORD.
  • Judg 5:23 : 23 Curse Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse bitterly its inhabitants; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
  • Judg 6:14-16 : 14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this your might, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you? 15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. 16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall smite the Midianites as one man.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 6:12-14
    3 verses
    82%

    12And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor.

    13And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? But now the LORD has forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

    14And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this your might, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?

  • Judg 7:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people with him, rose early and camped beside the well of Harod, so the Midianite army was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

    2And the LORD said to Gideon, The people with you are too many for me to hand the Midianites over to you, lest Israel boast against me, saying, My own hand has saved me.

  • Judg 6:18-29
    12 verses
    79%

    18Depart not hence, I pray you, until I come unto you, and bring forth my offering, and set it before you. And he said, I will wait until you come again.

    19And Gideon went in, and prepared a young goat, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: he put the meat in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

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

    21Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.

    22And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.

    23And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto you; fear not: you shall not die.

    24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

    25And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take your father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the grove that is by it:

    26And build an altar unto the LORD your God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which you shall cut down.

    27Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him. And so it was, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

    28And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.

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

  • Judg 6:33-37
    5 verses
    76%

    33Then all the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the children of the east gathered together, went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.

    34But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer gathered behind him.

    35And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, who also gathered behind him, and he sent messengers unto Asher, unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

    36And Gideon said unto God, If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said,

    37Behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said.

  • Judg 7:12-15
    4 verses
    75%

    12And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay in the valley as numerous as locusts, and their camels were without number, as the sand by the seashore for multitude.

    13And when Gideon came, behold, there was a man telling a dream to his friend; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the Midianite camp, and came to a tent, and struck it that it fell, and overturned it, so that the tent lay flat.

    14And his friend answered and said, This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; for God has delivered Midian and all the army into his hand.

    15And it was so when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshipped, and returned to the army of Israel and said, Arise, for the LORD has delivered the Midianite army into your hand.

  • Judg 8:13
    74%

    13And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,

  • Judg 8:11
    73%

    11And Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and attacked the army: for the army felt secure.

  • Judg 7:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24And Gideon sent messengers throughout all Mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites and take before them the waters as far as Beth Barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together and took the waters as far as Beth Barah and Jordan.

    25And they captured two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they killed Oreb on the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued the Midianites, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of Jordan.

  • Judg 8:4
    72%

    4And Gideon came to the Jordan, and crossed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.

  • Judg 7:7-9
    3 verses
    72%

    7And the LORD said to Gideon, By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand; let all the other people go every man to his place.

    8So the people took provisions in their hands, and their trumpets, and he sent all the rest of Israel, every man to his tent, and retained those three hundred men; and the Midianite army was below him in the valley.

    9And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said to him, Arise, go down to the army, for I have delivered it into your hand.

  • 1 Chr 21:20
    71%

    20And Ornan turned and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

  • Judg 8:32
    71%

    32And Gideon the son of Joash died at a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • Judg 8:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28Thus Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in peace forty years in the days of Gideon.

    29And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.

  • Judg 6:3
    71%

    3And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

  • Judg 8:22
    70%

    22Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your grandson also: for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian.

  • Judg 6:39-40
    2 verses
    70%

    39And Gideon said unto God, Let not your anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray you, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

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

  • Judg 7:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    4And the LORD said to Gideon, The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. It shall be that of whom I say to you, This one shall go with you, the same shall go with you; and of whomever I say to you, This one shall not go with you, the same shall not go.

    5So he brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to Gideon, Everyone who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself; likewise everyone who bows down on his knees to drink.

  • Judg 6:10
    69%

    10And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But you have not obeyed my voice.

  • Judg 7:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17And he said to them, Look at me, and do likewise. Behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, as I do, so shall you do.

    18When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow your trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD and of Gideon.

  • Judg 6:16
    69%

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

  • Judg 13:9
    69%

    9And God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her.

  • Judg 6:7
    69%

    7And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,