Parallel Verses New International Version That night God did so. Only the fleece was dry; all the ground was covered with dew. 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. Darby Bible Translation And God did so that night, and it was dry upon the fleece only, but on all the ground there was dew. World English Bible God did so that night: for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. 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. Judges 6:40 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleIf thou wilt save Israel - Gideon was very bold, and God was very condescending. But probably the request itself was suggested by the Divine Spirit. On the miracle of the fleece, dew, and dry ground, Origen, in his eighth homily on the book of Judges, has many curious and interesting thoughts, I shall insert the substance of the whole: - The fleece is the Jewish nation. The fleece covered with dew, while all around is dry, the Jewish nation favored with the law and the prophets. The fleece dry, the Jewish nation cast off for rejecting the Gospel. All around watered, the Gospel preached to the Gentiles. and they converted to God. The fleece on the threshing-floor, the Jewish people in the land of Judea, winnowed, purged, and fanned by the Gospel. The dew wrung out into the bowl, the doctrines of Christianity, extracted from the Jewish writings, shadowed forth by Christ's pouring water into a basin, and washing the disciples' feet. The pious father concludes that he has now wrung this water out of the fleece of the book of Judges, as he hopes by and by to do out of the fleece of the book of Kings, and out of the fleece of the book of Isaiah or Jeremiah; and he has received it into the basin of his heart, and there conceived its true sense; and is desirous to wash the feet of his brethren, that they may be able to walk in the way of the preparation of the Gospel of peace. - Origen, Op. vol. ii., p. 475, edit. Benedict. All this to some will doubtless appear trifling; but it is not too much to say that scarcely any pious mind can consider the homily of this excellent man without drinking into a measure of the same spirit, so much sincerity, deep piety, and unction, appear throughout the whole: yet as I do not follow such practices, I cannot recommend them. Of dealers in such small wares, we have many that imitate Benjamin Keach, but few that come nigh to Origen. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Library Gideon's Altar'Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah- shalom [God is peace].'--JUDGES vi. 24. I need not tell over again, less vividly, the picturesque story in this chapter, of the simple husbandman up in the hills, engaged furtively in threshing out a little wheat in some hollow in the rock where he might hide it from the keen eyes of the oppressors; and of how the angel of the Lord, unrecognised at first, appeared to him; and gradually there dawned upon his mind the suspicion … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Whether it is a Sin to Tempt God? Seasonable Counsel: Or, Advice to Sufferers. Judges Cross References Judges 6:39 Then Gideon said to God, "Do not be angry with me. Let me make just one more request. Allow me one more test with the fleece, but this time make the fleece dry and let the ground be covered with dew." Judges 7:1 Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh. Jump to Previous Alone Covered Dew Drought Dry Earth Night Round WoolJump to Next Alone Covered Dew Drought Dry Earth Night Round WoolLinks Judges 6:40 NIVJudges 6:40 NLT Judges 6:40 ESV Judges 6:40 NASB Judges 6:40 KJV Judges 6:40 Bible Apps Judges 6:40 Biblia Paralela Judges 6:40 Chinese Bible Judges 6:40 French Bible Judges 6:40 German Bible Judges 6:40 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |