Judges 6:36-40

6:36 Gideon said to God, “If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel, ¹  as you promised, then give me a sign as proof. ²  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 ³  is dry, then I will be sure ⁴  that you will use me to deliver Israel, ⁵  as you promised.” 6:38 The Lord did as he asked. ⁶  When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl. ⁷  6:39 Gideon said to God, “Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. ⁸  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.” ⁹  6:40 That night God did as he asked. ¹⁰  Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.

[6:36]  ¹ tn More literally, “you are about to deliver Israel by my hand.”

[6:36]  ² tn The words “then give me a sign as proof” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[6:37]  ³ tn Heb “all the ground.”

[6:37]  ⁴ tn Or “know.”

[6:37]  ⁵ tn Heb “you will deliver Israel by my hand.”

[6:38]  ⁶ tn Heb “And it was so.”

[6:38]  ⁷ tn Heb “dew dripped from the fleece – a bowl full of water.”

[6:39]  ⁸ tn Heb “Let your anger not rage at me, so that I might speak only this once.”

[6:39]  ⁹ tn Heb “let the fleece alone be dry, while dew is on all the ground.”

[6:40]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “God did so that night.”