Teks -- Judges 6:14 (NET)

6:14 Then the Lord himself turned to him and said, “You have the strength. Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites! Have I not sent you?”

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Wesley: Jdg 6:14 - Looked

With a settled and pleasant countenance, as a testimony of his favour, and readiness to help him.

Wesley: Jdg 6:14 - Go

Or, go now, in thy might: in the strength which thou hast already received, and dost now farther receive from me.

Wesley: Jdg 6:14 - Have not I sent thee

I do hereby give thee command and commission for this work. God's fitting men for his work, is a sure evidence of his calling them to it.

JFB: Jdg 6:14-16 - the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might . . . have not I sent thee?

The command and the promise made Gideon aware of the real character of his visitor; and yet like Moses, from a sense of humility, or a shrinking at the magnitude of the undertaking, he excused himself from entering on the enterprise. And even though assured that, with the divine aid, he would overcome the Midianites as easily as if they were but one man, he still hesitates and wishes to be better assured that the mission was really from God. He resembles Moses also in the desire for a sign; and in both cases it was the rarity of revelations in such periods of general corruption that made them so desirous of having the fullest conviction of being addressed by a heavenly messenger. The request was reasonable, and it was graciously granted [Jdg 6:18].

Clarke: Jdg 6:14 - Go in this thy might

Go in this thy might - What does the angel mean? He had just stated that Jehovah was with him; and he now says, Go in This thy might, i.e., in the might of Jehovah, who is with thee.

TSK: Jdg 6:14 - the Lord // Go in

the Lord : Jdg 6:11

Go in : Jdg 4:6; Jos 1:5-9; 1Sa 12:11; 1Ch 14:9, 1Ch 14:10; Heb 11:32, Heb 11:34

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Poole: Jdg 6:14 - The Lord looked upon him // Go in this thy might // Have not I sent thee?

The Lord looked upon him with a settled and pleasant countenance, as a testimony of his favour to him, and of his readiness to help him.

Go in this thy might or, go now , or at this time, in thy might ; the strength which thou hast already received, and dost now further receive from me, is sufficient with my help.

Have not I sent thee? I do hereby give thee command and commission for this work, and therefore am obliged in honour to assist thee in it.

Haydock: Jdg 6:14 - Lord // Upon him // Strength

Lord, Jehova. (Haydock) ---

The Chaldean and Septuagint have, "the angel of the Lord," as the best interpreters understand it. (Calmet) ---

Upon him, with benevolence and an air of authority, that he might know that he was speaking to some one more than man. (Haydock) ---

Strength, with which I have endued thee. (Menochius) ---

Though Gedeon was naturally brave, he was no more disposed to attack the Madianites than the rest of his dispirited countrymen; and, even after he was strengthened from above, he was so conscious of his own inability to effect so great a deliverance, that he stood in need of the most convincing miracles, to make him act as the judge of Israel. (Haydock)

Gill: Jdg 6:14 - And the Lord looked upon him // said unto him, go in this thy might // and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites // have not I sent thee

And the Lord looked upon him,.... The same before called the angel of the Lord, and who was no other than Jehovah himself; who looked upon him with great earnestness, and with great delight and pleasure smiled upon him, and thereby showing he had a kindness for him, and meant well to him: and

said unto him, go in this thy might; both of body and mind, which had been before given unto him, and was now increased, and which no doubt Gideon was sensible of:

and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites; as he did, and therefore justly reckoned among the saviours and judges of Israel:

have not I sent thee? to do this great work, save the people of Israel, from whence Gideon might perceive who it was that talked with him, and having a command and commission from God, had authority enough to go about this service.