Judges 6:39 KJV
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.
Matthew Henry
- Signs given himThese signs are truly miraculous, and very significant. Gideon and his men were going to fight the Midianites; could God distinguish between a small fleece...
Parallel Passages
- Genesis 18:30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
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 not destroy it for ten's sake.
- Psalms 107:33–35 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; …
- 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 desert. …
- 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 desert. …
- 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 have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
- Matthew 8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- 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.
- 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 it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
- Acts 22:21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
- Acts 28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
- Romans 11:12–22 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? …
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Topics
- Condescension of God Indulges Gideon’s tests
- Decision Gideon
- Dew Miraculous profusion and absence of
- Enthusiasm Gideon
- Faith Gideon, when commanded to deliver Israel
- Gideon His prayer tests
- Israel Seven years of bondage to the Midianites; delivered by Gideon
- Judge 5. Gideon
- Manasseh Join Gideon in war with the Midianites
- Meteorology and celestial phenomena Dew on Gideon’s fleece
- Midianites Defeated by Gideon
- Miracles Dew on Gideon’s fleece
- Oppression National, relieved
- Prayer Gideon asks for a sign of dew on a fleece
- Religion Gideon
- Sign Gideon
- Token Dew on Gideon’s fleece
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1245–1236 BC · Gideon
Bible Dictionary
Strong’s Numbers
- And Gideon גִּדְעוֹן Gidʻôwn
- said אָמַר ʼâmar
- unto God אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
- Let not thine anger אַף ʼaph
- be hot חָרָה chârâh
- against me, and I will speak דָבַר dâbar
- but this once פַּעַם paʻam
- let me prove נָסָה nâçâh
- I pray thee, but this once פַּעַם paʻam
- with the fleece גָּזַּה gâzzah
- let it now be dry חֹרֶב chôreb
- only upon the fleece גָּזַּה gâzzah
- and upon all the ground אֶרֶץ ʼerets
- let there be dew טַל ṭal
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