THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
The angel, interrupting his speech, proclaimed, "The Lord... is with you; you will defeat Midian as if you were one man."
Judges 6:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And the Lord said to him: I will be with thee: and thou shalt cut off Madian as one man.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י אֶהְיֶ֖ה עִמָּ֑ךְ וְהִכִּיתָ֥ אֶת־מִדְיָ֖ן כְּאִ֥ישׁ אֶחָֽד׃
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Vissarion (Nechaev)
Gideon trembled at the sight of the countless forces of Midian, revealing to his companion the frailty and limited numbers of Israel's army. The angel of the Lord reassures Gideon by declaring that with divine assistance, overcoming those vast numbers will be as simple as confronting a single individual.
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Josh 1:5No man shall be able to resist you all the days of thy life: as I have been with Moses, so will I be with thee: I will not leave thee, nor forsake thee.
- Ex 3:12And he said to him: I will be with thee; and this thou shalt have for a sign that I have sent thee: When thou shalt have brought my people out of Egypt, thou shalt offer sacrifice to God upon this mountain.
- Acts 11:21And the hand of he Lord was with them: and a great number believing, were converted to the Lord.
- Mark 16:20But they going forth preached every where: the Lord working withal, and confirming the word with signs that followed.
- Isa 41:10Fear not, for I am with thee: turn not aside, for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath upheld thee.
- Isa 41:14Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, you that are dead of Israel: I have helped thee, saith the Lord: and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel.
- Isa 41:16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, in the Holy One of Israel thou shalt be joyful.
- Matt 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.