Judges 6:40 That night God did so. Only the fleece was dry; all the ground was covered with dew.

◄ Judges 6:40 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
That night God did so. Only the fleece was dry; all the ground was covered with dew.

English Standard Version
And God did so that night; and it was dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew.

New American Standard Bible
God did so that night; for it was dry only on the fleece, and dew was on all the ground.

King James Bible
And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
That night God did as Gideon requested: only the fleece was dry, and dew was all over the ground.

International Standard Version
And God did it just like that later that night. It was dry only on the fleece, but dew was all around on the ground.

American Standard Version
And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And God did that night as he had requested: and it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

Darby Bible Translation
And God did so that night; for it was dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew.

Young's Literal Translation
And God doth so on that night, and there is drought on the fleece alone, and on all the earth there hath been dew.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

6:33-40 These signs are truly miraculous, and very significant. Gideon and his men were going to fight the Midianites; could God distinguish between a small fleece of Israel, and the vast floor of Midian? Gideon is made to know that God could do so. Is Gideon desirous that the dew of Divine grace might come down upon himself in particular? He sees the fleece wet with dew to assure him of it. Does he desire that God will be as the dew to all Israel? Behold, all the ground is wet. What cause we sinners of the Gentiles have, to bless the Lord that the dew of heavenly blessings, once confined to Israel, is now sent to all the inhabitants of the earth! Yet still the means of grace are in different measures, according to the purposes of God. In the same congregation, one man's soul is like Gideon's moistened fleece, another like the dry ground.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

34. the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon—Called in this sudden emergency into the public service of his country, he was supernaturally endowed with wisdom and energy commensurate with the magnitude of the danger and the difficulties of his position. His summons to war was enthusiastically obeyed by all the neighboring tribes. On the eve of a perilous enterprise, he sought to fortify his mind with a fresh assurance of a divine call to the responsible office. The miracle of the fleece was a very remarkable one—especially, considering the copious dews that fall in his country. The divine patience and condescension were wonderfully manifested in reversing the form of the miracle. Gideon himself seems to have been conscious of incurring the displeasure of God by his hesitancy and doubts; but He bears with the infirmities of His people.