Judges 6:37
35 Calling them to arms, Gideon sent messengers throughout Manasseh, as well as Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, so that they came up to meet him.
36 Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
38 And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.
39 Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
- KJV
- Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
- WEB
- behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I’ll know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.”
- ASV
- behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor; if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast spoken.
- DARBY
- behold, I put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor; if dew shall be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said.
- BLB
- behold, I shall put a fleece of the wool on the threshing floor. If dew there is on the fleece only, and on all the ground [it is] dry, I shall know that You will save Israel by my hand as You have said.”
- ÅB
- så legger jeg nå denne avklippede ull på treskeplassen; dersom det da kommer dugg på ullen alene, og hele marken er tørr, da vet jeg at du vil frelse Israel ved min hånd, som du har sagt.
- OTB
- se, jeg vil legge en ullfleece på treskeplassen. Hvis det er dugg bare på fleecen og hele bakken er tørr, da vil jeg vite at du vil frelse Israel ved min hånd, slik du har sagt.”
- B1930
- så legger jeg nu denne avklippede ull på treskeplassen; dersom det da kommer dugg på ullen alene, og hele marken er tørr, da vet jeg at du vil frelse Israel ved min hånd, som du har sagt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 15:24
He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Read in contextHosea 14:5
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
Read in contextMatthew 10:5–6
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.
Read in contextPsalms 72:6
May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
Read in contextHosea 6:3–4
So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
Read in contextPsalms 147:19–20
He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:2
Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
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