Then Gideon said to God,“ If you are truly going to use me to rescue Israel as you promised,

基甸对神说：“你若果照着所说的话，藉我手拯救以色列人，

基甸对上帝说：“你如果真的照你所说的，藉我的手拯救以色列，

基甸对神说：“你如果真的照你所说的，藉我的手拯救以色列，

基甸对上帝说：“若如你所言，你要用我去拯救以色列人，

基甸对神说：“如果你按着你所说的，要藉着我的手拯救以色列人；

基甸對神說：「你若果照着所說的話，藉我手拯救以色列人，

基甸對上帝說：「你如果真的照你所說的，藉我的手拯救以色列，

基甸對神說：「你如果真的照你所說的，藉我的手拯救以色列，

基甸對上帝說：「若如你所言，你要用我去拯救以色列人，

基甸對神說：“如果你按著你所說的，要藉著我的手拯救以色列人；

基甸對上帝說：『你如果照你所說的要藉着我的手來拯救以色列，

基甸謂上帝曰、如爾果循所言、假我手而拯以色列人、

其田求上帝曰、爾嘗有言、必假手於我、援以色列族。

基甸禱天主曰、主若果藉我手拯以色列人、循主所許、

Gideon said to God,“ If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised—

Gideon said to God,“ You promised you would use me to save Israel.

Then Gideon said to God,“ If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said,

Then Gideon said to God,“ If you will deliver Israel by me, as you said,

Then Gideon said to God,“ If You are going to save Israel through me, as You have spoken,

So Gideon said to God,“ If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said—

And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast spoken,

Then Gideon said to God,“ If You will deliver Israel by my hand, as You said,

And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,

Gideon said to God,“ If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel, as you promised, then give me a sign as proof.

Gideon said to God,“ If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,

Then the Lord turned to him and said,“ Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!”

The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him.For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust.

But Moses protested again,“ What if they won’t believe me or listen to me? What if they say,‘ The Lord never appeared to you’?”Then the Lord asked him,“ What is that in your hand?”“ A shepherd’s staff,” Moses replied.“ Throw it down on the ground,” the Lord told him. So Moses threw down the staff, and it turned into a snake! Moses jumped back.Then the Lord told him,“ Reach out and grab its tail.” So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd’s staff in his hand.“ Perform this sign,” the Lord told him.“ Then they will believe that the Lord, the God of their ancestors— the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob— really has appeared to you.”Then the Lord said to Moses,“ Now put your hand inside your cloak.” So Moses put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out again, his hand was white as snow with a severe skin disease.“ Now put your hand back into your cloak,” the Lord said. So Moses put his hand back in, and when he took it out again, it was as healthy as the rest of his body.The Lord said to Moses,“ If they do not believe you and are not convinced by the first miraculous sign, they will be convinced by the second sign.And if they don’t believe you or listen to you even after these two signs, then take some water from the Nile River and pour it out on the dry ground. When you do, the water from the Nile will turn to blood on the ground.”

Isaiah replied,“ This is the sign from the Lord to prove that he will do as he promised. Would you like the shadow on the sundial to go forward ten steps or backward ten steps?”

One day the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, demanding that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority.

Gideon replied,“ If you are truly going to help me, show me a sign to prove that it is really the Lord speaking to me.Don’t go away until I come back and bring my offering to you.” He answered,“ I will stay here until you return.”Gideon hurried home. He cooked a young goat, and with a basket of flour he baked some bread without yeast. Then, carrying the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, he brought them out and presented them to the angel, who was under the great tree.The angel of God said to him,“ Place the meat and the unleavened bread on this rock, and pour the broth over it.” And Gideon did as he was told.