Judges 6:37 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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 I shall know that You will deliver Israel by my hand, as You have said.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

³⁷ I’m now putting a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece but all the ground is dry, then I’ll know that you are going to rescue Israel through me, as you have declared.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁷ I will set this wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there will be dew only on the fleece, and all the ground is dry, I will know that by my hand, as you have said, you will free Israel."

Judges 6:37 Cross References

Hosea 14:5

I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.

Matthew 15:24

He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Psalm 72:6

May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:2

May my teaching drop like the rain, my speech condense like the dew, like gentle rain on grass, like showers on new growth.

Judges 6:17

Then he said to him, “If now I have found favor with you, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.

Judges 6:36

Then Gideon said to God, “In order to see whether you will deliver Israel by my hand, as you have said,

Judges 6:38

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.

Genesis 24:14

Let the young woman to whom I shall say, ‘Please offer your jar that I may drink,’ and who shall say, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels’—let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master.”