# Judges 6.39 **Book:** [Judges](/codex/judges/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 37. behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor; if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast spoken. 38. And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water. > > **39. And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once: let me make trial, 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.** > > 40. And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. (Judges 6:37-40, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 37. behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.” 38. It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. > > **39. Gideon said to God, “Don’t let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.”** > > 40. God did so that night; for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. (Judges 6:37-40, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 37. Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. 38. And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. > > **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.** > > 40. And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. (Judges 6:37-40, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 37. lo, I am placing the fleece of wool in the threshing-floor: if dew is on the fleece alone, and on all the earth drought, then I have known that Thou dost save Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken;' 38. and it is so, and he riseth early on the morrow, and presseth the fleece, and wringeth dew out of the fleece, the fulness of the bowl, of water. > > **39. And Gideon saith unto God, 'Let not Thine anger burn against me, and I speak only this time; let me try, I pray Thee, only this time with the fleece, let there be, I pray Thee, drought on the fleece alone, and on all the earth let there be dew.'** > > 40. And God doth so on that night, and there is drought on the fleece alone, and on all the earth there hath been dew. (Judges 6:37-40, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Sign on Demand Objection Defeater](/codex/sign-on-demand-objection-defeater/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). 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