Judges 6:16

New English Translation

¹⁶The Lord said to him, “Ah, but^[a] I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.”^[b]

Judges 6:16 tn Or “certainly.”
Judges 6:16 tn Heb “You will strike down Midian as one man.” The idiom “as one man” emphasizes the collective unity of a group (see Judg 20:8, 11). Here it may carry the force, “as if they were just one man.”

Judges 6:16

New International Version

¹⁶The Lord answered, “I will be with you^(A), and you will strike down all the Midianites, leaving none alive.”

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