Judges 6:39

And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Gideon	גִּדְעוֹן֙ gid.'On	H1439	Gidon · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
God	הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
anger	אַפְּךָ֙ 'a.pe.Kha	H639	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
hot	יִ֤חַר Yi.char	H2734	to glow or grow warm · verb, qal jussive, 3rd person masculine singular
speak	וַאֲדַבְּרָ֖ה va.'a.da.be.Rah	H1696	perhaps properly · conjunction + verb, piel infinitive construct, 1st person common singular
once	הַפָּ֑עַם ha.Pa.'am	H6471	a stroke · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
prove	אֲנַסֶּ֤ה 'a.na.Seh	H5254	to test · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular
once	הַפַּ֙עַם֙ ha.Pa.'am	H6471	a stroke · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
fleece	בַּגִּזָּ֔ה ba.gi.Zah	H1492	a fleece · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
dry	חֹ֤רֶב Cho.rev	H2721	drought or desolation · noun, common masculine singular absolute
fleece	הַגִּזָּה֙ ha.gi.Zah	H1492	a fleece · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
ground	הָאָ֖רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
dew	טָּֽל Tal	H2919	dew (as covering vegetation) · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Genesis 18:32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will no…
Psalms 107:33-35 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
Isaiah 50:2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or ha…
Matthew 21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
Isaiah 35:6-7 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the d…
Isaiah 43:19-20 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the…
Matthew 8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put i…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:33–end

Here we have, I. The descent which the enemies of Israel made upon them, Jdg 6:33. A vast number of Midianites, Amalekites, and Arabians, got together, and came over Jordan, none either caring or daring to guard that important and advantageous pass against them, and they made their headquarters in the valley of Jezreel, in the heart of Manasseh's tribe, not far from Gideon's city. Some think that the notice they had of Gideon's destroying Baal's altar brought them over, and that they came to plead for Baal and to make that a pretence for quarrelling with Israel; but it is more likely that it was now harvest-time, when they had been wont each year to make such a visit as this (Jdg 6:3), and t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 6:34

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…

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John Gill on Judges 6:39

And Gideon said unto God,.... In the same way as before, and on the morning when he had been favoured with the sight of the above miracle: let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once; he was conscious to himself that it showed great presumption and boldness in him to repeat his request, and that it had the appearance of great diffidence and distrust in him, after he had been indulged with such a sign to confirm his faith; but as it was not so much on his own account as others, and promising to ask no more favours of this kind, he hoped his boldness would not be resented: let me prove, l pray thee, but this once with the fleece one time more with it, and that not t…

Dictionary and topics

Fleece — The wool of a sheep, whether shorn off or still attached to the skin (Deut. 18:4; Job 31:20). The miracle of Gideon’s fleece (Judg. 6:37-40) consisted in the dew having fallen at one time on the…
Gideon — Called also Jerubbaal (Judg. 6:29, 32), was the first of the judges whose history is circumstantially narrated (Judg. 6-8). His calling is the commencement of the second period in the history of the…
Condescension Of God · Indulges Gi — Indulges Gi
Dew · Miraculous profusion and absence of — Miraculous profusion and absence of
Gideon · His prayer tests — His prayer tests
Judge · 5. Gi — 5. Gi
Meteorology And Celestial Phenomena · . — .
Prayer · .Gi — .Gi
Prayer, Private · Exemplified: Gideon — Exemplified: Gideon
Sign · .Gi — .Gi
Token · General references — General references

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Judges 6:39

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:33–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 6:34

John Gill on Judges 6:39

Dictionary and topics

Judges 6:39

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:33–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 6:34

John Gill on Judges 6:39

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 6:33–end

Rashi on Judges 6:38