Judges 6:38 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And it was so. When he rose early next morning and squeezed the fleece, he wrung enough dew from the fleece to fill a bowl with water.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And it was so. When he rose early next morning and squeezed the dew out of the fleece, he wrung from it a bowlful of water.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

And that is what happened. When he got up early the next morning and squeezed the fleece, he wrung out enough dew from the fleece to fill a bowl with water.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so it was done. And rising in the night, wringing out the fleece, he filled a vessel with the dew.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And it was so. And rising before day, wringing the fleece, he filled a vessel with the dew.

Judges 6:38 Cross References

Isaiah 35:7

the burning sand shall become a pool and the thirsty ground springs of water; the haunt of jackals shall become a swamp; the grass shall become reeds and rushes.

Leviticus 1:15

The priest shall bring it to the altar and wring off its head and turn it into smoke on the altar, and its blood shall be drained out against the side of the altar.

Judges 6:37

I am going to lay a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece alone, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that you will deliver Israel by my hand, as you have said.”

Judges 6:39

Then Gideon said to God, “Do not let your anger burn against me, but let me speak one more time; let me, please, make trial with the fleece just once more; let it be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.”