Judges 6 Free Bible Version
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1 The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord's sight. So the Lord handed them over to the Midianites for seven years.
1 MAS los hijos de Israel hicieron lo malo en los ojos de Jehová; y Jehová los entregó en las manos de Madián por siete años.
2 The Midianite oppression was so great that because of them the Israelites made themselves hiding places in mountains, caves, and fortifications.
2 Y la mano de Madián prevaleció contra Israel. Y los hijos de Israel, por causa de los Madianitas, se hicieron cuevas en los montes, y cavernas, y lugares fuertes.
3 Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other peoples from the east would come and attack them.
3 Pues como los de Israel habían sembrado, subían los Madianitas, y Amalecitas, y los orientales: subían contra ellos;
4 They would set up their camps and destroy the country's crops as far away as Gaza. They didn't leave anything to eat in the whole of Israel, and they took for themselves all the sheep, cattle, and donkeys.
4 Y asentando campo contra ellos destruían los frutos de la tierra, hasta llegar á Gaza; y no dejaban qué comer en Israel, ni ovejas, ni bueyes, ni asnos.
5 They arrived in huge numbers with their livestock and tents like swarms of locusts, with so many camels they couldn't be counted. They invaded the land to completely devastate it.
5 Porque subían ellos y sus ganados, y venían con sus tiendas en grande multitud como langosta, que no había número en ellos ni en sus camellos: así venían á la tierra para devastarla.
6 The Israelites were made desperately poor by the Midianites and they called out to the Lord for help.
6 Era pues Israel en gran manera empobrecido por los Madianitas; y los hijos de Israel clamaron á Jehová.
7 When the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help because of the Midianites,
7 Y cuando los hijos de Israel hubieron clamado á Jehová, á causa de los Madianitas,
8 the Lord sent the Israelites a prophet. He told them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought you out of Egypt; I led you out from the place where you were slaves.
8 Jehová envió un varón profeta á los hijos de Israel, el cual les dijo: Así ha dicho Jehová Dios de Israel: Yo os hice salir de Egipto, y os saqué de la casa de servidumbre:
9 I saved you from the power of the Egyptians and from everyone who oppressed you. I expelled them before you and gave their land to you.
9 Yo os libré de mano de los Egipcios, y de mano de todos los que os afligieron, á los cuales eché de delante de vosotros, y os dí su tierra;
10 I warned you: I am the Lord your God. You must not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you're now living.’ But you didn't listen to me.”
10 Y díjeos: Yo soy Jehová vuestro Dios; no temáis á los dioses de los Amorrheos, en cuya tierra habitáis: mas no habéis obedecido á mi voz.
11 The angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak tree in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress there to hide it from the Midianites.
11 Y vino el ángel de Jehová, y sentóse debajo del alcornoque que está en Ophra, el cual era de Joas Abiezerita; y su hijo Gedeón estaba sacudiendo el trigo en el lagar, para hacerlo esconder de los Madianitas.
12 The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “The Lord is with you, great man of courage!”
12 Y el ángel de Jehová se le apareció, y díjole: Jehová es contigo, varón esforzado.
13 “Excuse me, my lord, but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us?” Gideon replied. “Where are all his wonderful miracles that our forefathers reminded us about when they said, ‘Wasn't it the Lord who led us out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has given up on us and has handed us over to the Midianites.”
13 Y Gedeón le respondió: Ah, Señor mío, si Jehová es con nosotros, ¿por qué nos ha sobrevenido todo esto? ¿Y dónde están todas sus maravillas, que nuestros padres nos han contado, diciendo: ¿No nos sacó Jehová de Egipto? Y ahora Jehová nos ha desamparado, y nos ha entregado en mano de los Madianitas.
14 The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength that you have and save Israel from the Midianites. Aren't I the one sending you?”
14 Y mirándole Jehová, díjole: Ve con esta tu fortaleza, y salvarás á Israel de la mano de los Madianitas. ¿No te envío yo?
15 “Excuse me, my lord, but how can I save Israel?” Gideon replied. “My family is the least important of the tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least important person of that family!”
15 Entonces le respondió: Ah, Señor mío, ¿con qué tengo de salvar á Israel? He aquí que mi familia es pobre en Manasés, y yo el menor en la casa de mi padre.
16 “I will be with you,” the Lord told him. “You will defeat the Midianites as if they were just one man.”
16 Y Jehová le dijo: Porque yo seré contigo, y herirás á los Madianitas como á un [solo] hombre.
17 “Please, Lord, if you think well of me, give me a sign that it's really you telling me this,” Gideon asked.
17 Y él respondió: Yo te ruego, que si he hallado gracia delante de ti, me des señal de que tú has hablado conmigo.
18 “Don't leave until I come back and present my offering to you.” “I will remain here until you return,” he replied.
18 Ruégote que no te vayas de aquí, hasta que á ti vuelva, y saque mi presente, y lo ponga delante de ti. Y él respondió: Yo esperaré hasta que vuelvas.
19 Gideon went and cooked a young goat, and baked some unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He carried them out and presented them to the angel under the oak tree.
19 Y entrándose Gedeón aderezó un cabrito, y panes sin levadura de un epha de harina; y puso la carne en un canastillo, y el caldo en una olla, y sacándolo presentóselo debajo de aquel alcornoque.
20 The angel of God told him, “Place the meat and the unleavened bread on this rock and pour the broth over them.” So Gideon did.
20 Y el ángel de Dios le dijo: Toma la carne, y los panes sin levadura, y ponlo sobre esta peña, y vierte el caldo. Y él lo hizo así.
21 The angel of the Lord held out the staff he was holding and touched the meat and unleavened bread with the tip. Fire flamed from the rock and burned up the meat and unleavened bread. Then the angel vanished.
21 Y extendiendo el ángel de Jehová el bordón que tenía en su mano, tocó con la punta en la carne y en los panes sin levadura; y subió fuego de la peña, el cual consumió la carne y los panes sin levadura. Y el ángel de Jehová desapareció de delante de él.
22 When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the Lord, he cried out, “Oh no, Lord God! I've seen the angel of the Lord face to face!”
22 Y viendo Gedeón que era el ángel de Jehová, dijo: Ah, Señor Jehová, que he visto el ángel de Jehová cara á cara.
23 But the Lord told him, “Peace! Don't worry, you're not going to die.”
23 Y Jehová le dijo: Paz á ti; no tengas temor, no morirás.
24 So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it “The Lord is Peace.” It's still there today, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
24 Y edificó allí Gedeón altar á Jehová, al que llamó Jehová-salom: está hasta hoy en Ophra de los Abiezeritas.
25 That night the Lord told Gideon, “Take your father's bull and a second bull seven years old, and tear down your father's altar of Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
25 Y aconteció que la misma noche le dijo Jehová: Toma un toro del hato de tu padre, y otro toro de siete años, y derriba el altar de Baal que tu padre tiene, y corta también el bosque que está junto á él:
26 Then build an altar to the Lord your God in the proper way on this hilltop. Using the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down as firewood, take the second bull and present it as a burnt offering.”
26 Y edifica altar á Jehová tu Dios en la cumbre de este peñasco en lugar conveniente; y tomando el segundo toro, sacrifícalo en holocausto sobre la leña del bosque que habrás cortado.
27 Gideon accompanied by ten of his servants did what the Lord had told him. However, because he was afraid of his family and the people of the town, he did it during the night rather than in the day.
27 Entonces Gedeón tomó diez hombres de sus siervos, é hizo como Jehová le dijo. Mas temiendo hacerlo de día, por la familia de su padre y por los hombres de la ciudad, hízolo de noche.
28 Early in the morning when the people of the town got up, they saw that the altar of Baal had been torn down and the Asherah pole beside it had been cut down, with the second bull sacrificed on the altar that had just been built.
28 Y á la mañana, cuando los de la ciudad se levantaron, he aquí que el altar de Baal estaba derribado, y cortado el bosque que junto á él estaba, y sacrificado aquel segundo toro en holocausto sobre el altar edificado.
29 They asked one another, “Who did this?” They made inquiries and they were told, “Gideon, son of Joash, did it.”
29 Y decíanse unos á otros: ¿Quién ha hecho esto? Y buscando é inquiriendo, dijéronles: Gedeón hijo de Joas lo ha hecho. Entonces los hombres de la ciudad dijeron á Joas:
30 “Hand over your son,” the people of the town ordered Joash. “He must die, because he has torn down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
30 Saca fuera tu hijo para que muera, por cuanto ha derribado el altar de Baal y ha cortado el bosque que junto á él estaba.
31 Joash replied to all those confronting him, “Are you arguing on Baal's behalf? Do you have to save him? Anyone who argues for him will be put to death by morning! If he is a god let him fight for himself against those who tore down his altar.”
31 Y Joas respondió á todos los que estaban junto á él: ¿Tomaréis vosotros la demanda por Baal? ¿le salvaréis vosotros? Cualquiera que tomare la demanda por él, que muera mañana. Si es Dios, contienda por sí mismo con el que derribó su altar.
32 That day Gideon was called Jerub-baal, which means “Let Baal fight with him,” because he had torn down his altar.
32 Y aquel día llamó [él] á Gedeón Jerobaal; porque dijo: Pleitee Baal contra el que derribó su altar.
33 All the Midianites, Amalekites, and other peoples of the East gathered together and crossed over the Jordan. They camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
33 Y todos los Madianitas, y Amalecitas, y orientales, se juntaron á una, y pasando asentaron campo en el valle de Jezreel.
34 The Spirit of the Lord came on Gideon, and he blew the trumpet, calling the Abiezrites to join him.
34 Y el espíritu de Jehová se envistió en Gedeón, y como éste hubo tocado el cuerno, Abiezer se juntó con él.
35 He sent messengers through the whole territory of Manasseh, calling them to join him, and also to Asher, Zebulun and Naphtali, so they also came and joined the others.
35 Y envió mensajeros por todo Manasés, el cual también se juntó con él: asimismo envió mensajeros á Aser, y á Zabulón, y á Nephtalí, los cuales salieron á encontrarles.
36 Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel through me as you promised,
36 Y Gedeón dijo á Dios: Si has de salvar á Israel por mi mano, como has dicho,
37 then look—I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If the fleece is wet with dew but the ground is dry, then I will know that you are going to save Israel through me as you promised.”
37 He aquí que yo pondré un vellón de lana en la era; y si el rocío estuviere en el vellón solamente, quedando seca toda la otra tierra, entonces entenderé que has de salvar á Israel por mi mano, como lo has dicho.
38 That's what happened. When Gideon got up early the next morning, he pressed on the fleece and squeezed out the dew, enough water to fill a bowl.
38 Y aconteció así: porque como se levantó de mañana, exprimiendo el vellón sacó de él el rocío, un vaso lleno de agua.
39 Then Gideon said to God, “Please don't get cross with me. Just let me make one more request. Let me do one more test with the fleece. This time let the fleece be dry and the whole ground covered with dew.”
39 Mas Gedeón dijo á Dios: No se encienda tu ira contra mí, si aun hablare esta vez: solamente probaré ahora otra vez con el vellón. Ruégote que la sequedad sea sólo en el vellón, y el rocío sobre la tierra.
40 That night God did exactly that. The fleece alone was dry and the whole ground was covered with dew.
40 Y aquella noche lo hizo Dios así: porque la sequedad fué sólo en el vellón, y en toda la tierra estuvo el rocío.
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Gideon
Youngest son of Joash the Abiezrite, called by the angel of the LORD while threshing wheat at Ophrah, who tore down his father's Baal altar and so was named Jerubbaal, routed…
Cited in the guide: Judges 6:11; Judges 6:32; Judges 7:7
Joash
Abiezrite of Ophrah and father of Gideon, who defended his son against the townsmen who wanted him killed for tearing down the altar of Baal, and in whose tomb Gideon was buried.
Cited in the guide: Judges 6:11; Judges 6:29–31; Judges 8:32
Cross references (36)
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- 1 Nehemiah 9:26–29; Judges 2:19–20; Judges 2:11; Numbers 31:1–3; Deuteronomy 28:15–68
- 2 Hebrews 11:38; 1 Samuel 13:6; 1 Samuel 14:11; Leviticus 26:17; Deuteronomy 28:47–48
- 3 Judges 7:12; Judges 6:33; Judges 3:13; Genesis 29:1; Job 1:3
- 4 Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:51; Micah 6:15; Deuteronomy 28:33; Jeremiah 49:9–10
- 5 Judges 7:12; Judges 8:10; Isaiah 60:6; Jeremiah 49:32; Jeremiah 49:29
- 6 Judges 3:9; Psalm 50:15; Jeremiah 5:17; Psalm 106:43–44; Judges 3:15
- 8 Ezekiel 20:5–32; Psalm 136:10–16; Isaiah 63:9–14; Judges 2:1–3; Nehemiah 9:9–12
- 9 Psalm 44:2–3
- 10 Jeremiah 10:2; Jeremiah 9:13; Exodus 20:2–3; 2 Kings 17:35–39; Judges 2:2
- 11 Joshua 17:2; Hebrews 11:32; Judges 13:3; Judges 8:2; Isaiah 63:9
- 12 Joshua 1:5; Luke 1:28; Judges 2:18; Joshua 1:9; Judges 13:3
- 13 Psalm 77:7–9; 2 Chronicles 15:2; Isaiah 59:1–2; Psalm 44:1; Psalm 89:49
- 14 Joshua 1:5–9; Hebrews 11:34; 1 Samuel 12:11; Judges 4:6; Hebrews 11:32
- 15 Exodus 3:11; 1 Samuel 9:21; Exodus 4:10; Jeremiah 1:6; Ephesians 3:8
- 16 Joshua 1:5; Exodus 3:12; Acts 11:21; Mark 16:20; Isaiah 41:10
- 17 Psalm 86:17; Exodus 33:13; Isaiah 7:11; Genesis 15:8–17; Exodus 33:16
- 18 Genesis 18:5; Judges 13:15; Genesis 18:3; Genesis 19:3
- 19 Genesis 18:6–8; Leviticus 2:4; Judges 13:15–19
- 20 Judges 13:19; 1 Kings 18:33–34
- 21 Leviticus 9:24; 1 Kings 18:38; 2 Chronicles 7:1; 1 Chronicles 21:26; Judges 13:20
- 22 Genesis 32:30; Exodus 33:20; Deuteronomy 5:26; John 1:18; John 12:41
- 23 Daniel 10:19; Genesis 43:23; John 14:27; John 20:26; John 20:19
- 24 Genesis 22:14; Exodus 17:15; Ezekiel 48:35; Judges 8:32; Jeremiah 33:16
- 25 Exodus 34:13; Judges 3:7; 2 Corinthians 6:15–17; Matthew 10:37; Acts 5:29
- 26 1 Corinthians 14:40; 1 Corinthians 14:33; 2 Samuel 24:18
- 27 1 Thessalonians 2:4; John 2:5; Deuteronomy 4:1; John 3:2; John 15:14
- 30 Acts 26:9; Philippians 3:6; John 16:2; Jeremiah 26:11; Jeremiah 50:38
- 31 Ephesians 5:11; Jeremiah 10:5; Jeremiah 10:11; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Psalm 115:4–7
- 32 1 Samuel 12:11; Judges 7:1; 2 Samuel 11:21; Hosea 9:10; Jeremiah 11:13
- 33 Joshua 17:16; Judges 6:3; Romans 8:35–39; Psalm 27:2–3; Isaiah 8:9–10
- 34 2 Chronicles 24:20; 1 Chronicles 12:18; Judges 3:10; Judges 3:27; Romans 13:14
- 35 Judges 4:6; 2 Chronicles 30:6–12
- 36 Judges 6:14; Matthew 16:1; 2 Kings 20:9; Psalm 103:13–14; Judges 6:17–20
- 37 Matthew 15:24; Hosea 14:5; Matthew 10:5–6; Psalm 72:6; Hosea 6:3–4
- 38 Isaiah 35:7
- 39 Genesis 18:32; Psalm 107:33–35; Isaiah 50:2; Matthew 21:43; Isaiah 43:19–20
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3. Gideon, that Israelite whom God chose, that he might save the people of Israel from the power of foreigners, foreseeing this gracious gift, changed his request, and prophesied that there would be dryness upon the fleece of wool (a type of the people), on which alone at first there had been dew; thus indicating that they should no longer …
For this, ye know, happened in a certain miracle, the ground was dry, the fleece only was wet, yet rain in the fleece appeared not. So also the mystery of the New Testament appeared not in the nation of the Jews.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)