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Judges 6:22

World English Bible

Gideon saw that he was Yahweh’s angel; and Gideon said, “Alas, Lord Yahweh! Because I have seen Yahweh’s angel face to face!”

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Judges 6:22 in other translations

And Gideon saw that he was the angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of Jehovah face to face.

Judges 6:22 · American Standard Version

Judges 6:22 in context

  1. 20The angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.”
    He did so.
  2. 21Then Yahweh’s angel stretched out the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and fire went up out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. Then Yahweh’s angel departed out of his sight.
  3. 22Gideon saw that he was Yahweh’s angel; and Gideon said, “Alas, Lord Yahweh! Because I have seen Yahweh’s angel face to face!”
  4. 23Yahweh said to him, “Peace be to you! Don’t be afraid. You shall not die.”
  5. 24Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it “Yahweh is Peace.” To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.