1.3 KiB
God told Gideon, “Go down to the Midianite camp and listen to them talk. When you hear what they say, you will no longer be afraid to attack them.”
This is direct quotation. It can also be stated as an indirect quotation: “God told Gideon to go down to the Midianite camp and listen to them talk. When he would hear what they would say, he would no longer be afraid to attack them.” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations)
Go down to the Midianite camp and listen to them talk.
God gives Gideon a command that includes instruction on what he is to do.
Go down
The Midianite soldiers were camping out in a valley and were at a lower elevation than the Israelite soldiers.
you will no longer be afraid
This could mean ‘you will stop being afraid.’
something he had dreamed
This could mean ‘something he had seen in a dream’ or ‘a dream he had had.’
This dream means that Gideon’s army will defeat us, the Midianite army!
This is a strong statement by the enemy soldier that Gideon would defeat them. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclamations)
When Gideon heard this
The connecting word When connects the action or reason with the result. Gideon worshiped God as a result of hearing the interpretation of the soldier’s dream. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-logic-result)