Judges 6:17

6:17 Gideon ¹  said to him, “If you really are pleased with me, ²  then give me ³  a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.

Judges 6:37-40

6:37 Look, I am putting a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece, and the ground around it ⁴  is dry, then I will be sure ⁵  that you will use me to deliver Israel, ⁶  as you promised.” 6:38 The Lord did as he asked. ⁷  When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl. ⁸  6:39 Gideon said to God, “Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. ⁹  Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.” ¹⁰  6:40 That night God did as he asked. ¹¹  Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.

[6:17]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:17]  ² tn Heb “If I have found favor in your eyes.”

[6:17]  ³ tn Heb “perform for me.”

[6:37]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the ground.”

[6:37]  ⁵ tn Or “know.”

[6:37]  ⁶ tn Heb “you will deliver Israel by my hand.”

[6:38]  ⁷ tn Heb “And it was so.”

[6:38]  ⁸ tn Heb “dew dripped from the fleece – a bowl full of water.”

[6:39]  ⁹ tn Heb “Let your anger not rage at me, so that I might speak only this once.”

[6:39]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “let the fleece alone be dry, while dew is on all the ground.”

[6:40]  ¹¹ tn Heb “God did so that night.”