Judges 6:23

23 But the LORD said to him, “Peace! Do not be afraid. You are not going to die.”

Judges 6:23 in Other Translations

KJV
23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
ESV
23 But the LORD said to him, "Peace be to you. Do not fear; you shall not die."
NLT
23 “It is all right,” the LORD replied. “Do not be afraid. You will not die.”
MSG
23 But God reassured him, "Easy now. Don't panic. You won't die."
CSB
23 But the Lord said to him, "Peace to you. Don't be afraid, for you will not die."

Judges 6:23 In-Context

21 Then the angel of the LORD touched the meat and the unleavened bread with the tip of the staff that was in his hand. Fire flared from the rock, consuming the meat and the bread. And the angel of the LORD disappeared.
22 When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he exclaimed, “Alas, Sovereign LORD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
23 But the LORD said to him, “Peace! Do not be afraid. You are not going to die.”
24 So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
25 That same night the LORD said to him, “Take the second bull from your father’s herd, the one seven years old. Tear down your father’s altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Daniel 10:19
  • 2. S Genesis 16:13; S Deuteronomy 5:26
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