Judges 6:39
And he said again to God: let not thy wrath be kindled against me if I try once more, seeking a sign in the fleece. I pray that the fleece only may be dry, and all the ground wet with dew.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
38And it was so. And rising before day wringing the fleece, he filled a vessel with the dew.
Cross References
Genesis 18:30Lord, saith he, be not angry, I beseech thee, if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He answered: I will not do it, if I And thirty there.
Psalms 107:33He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: and the sources of water into dry ground:
Isaiah 43:19Behold I do new things, and now they shall spring forth, verily you shall know them: I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Matthew 8:12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly: To you it behoved us first to speak the word of God: but because you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold we turn to the Gentiles.
Acts 28:28Be it known therefore to you, that this salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it.
Matthew Henry on Judges 6:34-40
Gideon's Fleece. ( b. c. 1249.) 33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. 34 But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him. 35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. 36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt… Read the whole commentary →