Judges 6:16

16 And Yahweh said to him, "But I will be with you, and you will defeat Midian {as if they are one man}."

Judges 6:16 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 6:16

And the Lord said unto him, surely I will be with thee
The Targum is,

``my Word shall be thy help,''

which was sufficient to answer all objections taken from his meanness, unworthiness, and weakness:

and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man;
all together, and as easily as if thou hadst but one man to deal with, and the destruction be so entire and general that none shall be left.

Judges 6:16 In-Context

14 And Yahweh turned to him and said, "Go in this your strength, and you will deliver Israel from the palm of Midian. Did I not send you?"

15 He said to him, "Excuse me, my lord. How will I deliver Israel? Look, my clan [is] the weakest in Manasseh, and I [am] the youngest in my father's house."

16 And Yahweh said to him, "But I will be with you, and you will defeat Midian {as if they are one man}."

17 And he said to him, "Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, {show me a sign} that you [are] speaking with me.

18 Please, do not depart from here until I come [back] to you and bring out my gift and set it out before you." And he said, "I will stay until you return."

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "as one man"