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Judges 6:40 KJV
Judges · chapter 6 · verse 40
And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.Judges 6:40 · King James Version
Judges 6:40 in context
38And 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.
39And 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.
40And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fleecegâzzaha fleeceH1492 →
- nightlayilproperly, a twistH3915 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
- drychôrebdrought or desolationH2721 →
- dewṭaldewH2919 →
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— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 33-40