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Judges 6:13

“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”

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ASV

And Gideon said unto him, Oh, my lord, if Jehovah is with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? but now Jehovah hath cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.

KJV

And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
אֵלָ֤יו'e.Lavto himH413 →
גִּדְעוֹן֙gid.'OnGideonH1439 →
בִּ֣יbipardon meH994 →
אֲדֹנִ֔י'a.do.NiO lord myH113 →
וְיֵ֤שׁve.Yeshand thereH3426 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
עִמָּ֔נוּ'i.Ma.nu[is] with usH5973 →
וְלָ֥מָּהve.La.mahand <to> why?H4100 →
מְצָאַ֖תְנוּme.tza.'At.nuhas it found usH4672 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
זֹ֑אתZotthisH2063 →
וְאַיֵּ֣הve.'ai.Yehand where?H346 →
כָֽל־khol-[are] allH3605 →
נִפְלְאֹתָ֡יוnif.le.'o.Tavwonders hisH6381 →
אֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherwhichH834 →
סִפְּרוּ־si.pe.ru-they recountedH5608 →
לָ֨נוּLa.nuto <the> us
אֲבוֹתֵ֜ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nufathers ourH1 →
לֵאמֹ֗רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
הֲלֹ֤אha.Lo'¿ notH3808 →
מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙mi.mitz.Ra.yimfrom EgyptH4714 →
הֶעֱלָ֣נוּhe.'e.La.nudid he bring up usH5927 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.Tahand nowH6258 →
נְטָשָׁ֣נוּne.ta.Sha.nuhe has abandoned usH5203 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖נוּvai.yi.te.Ne.nuand he has given usH5414 →
בְּכַף־be.khaf-in [the] hand ofH3709 →
מִדְיָֽן׃mid.YanMidianH4080 →

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Psalms 77:7–9“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?2 Chronicles 15:2So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.Isaiah 59:1–2Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.Psalms 44:1We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.Deuteronomy 30:17–18But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,Psalms 78:3–4that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.Genesis 25:22But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,Psalms 89:49Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?Isaiah 41:17The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.Deuteronomy 31:17On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’Deuteronomy 32:7Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.Ecclesiastes 7:10Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?Exodus 33:14–16And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”2 Kings 2:14Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?Numbers 14:14–15And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

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