22Gideon saw that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said, |Alas, Lord Yahweh! Because I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face!|


In Context

19 Gideon went in, and prepared a young goat, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal. He put the meat in a basket and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.

20 The angel of God said to him, |Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.| He did so.

21 Then the angel of Yahweh stretched out the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and fire went up out of the rock, and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Yahweh departed out of his sight.

22 Gideon saw that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said, |Alas, Lord Yahweh! Because I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face!|

23 Yahweh said to him, |Peace be to you! Don't be afraid. You shall not die.|

24 Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it |Yahweh is Peace.| To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Judges 6:22 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:22When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD , he exclaimed, "Ah, Sovereign LORD ! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:22And when Gideon perceived that he [was] an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:22And Gedeon seeing that it was the angel of the Lord, said: Alas, my Lord God: for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:22And Gideon saw that he was the angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of Jehovah face to face.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:22Then Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the LORD; and Gideon said, |Alas, O Lord GOD! For now I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:22And Gideon saw that he was the angel of the LORD; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:22And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:22And Gideon seeth that He is a messenger of Jehovah, and Gideon saith, 'Alas, Lord Jehovah! because that I have seen a messenger of Jehovah face to face!'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:22And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.