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Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised--
English Standard Version
Then Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said,
New American Standard Bible
Then Gideon said to God, "If You will deliver Israel through me, as You have spoken,
King James Bible
And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Gideon said to God, "If You will deliver Israel by my hand, as You said,
International Standard Version
Then Gideon told God, "If you intend to deliver Israel by my efforts as you've said,
American Standard Version
And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast spoken,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Gedeon said to God: If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,
Darby Bible Translation
Then Gideon said to God, "If thou wilt deliver Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,
Young's Literal Translation
And Gideon saith unto God, 'If Thou art Saviour of Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken,
Cross References Genesis 15:8
And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Judges 6:14
And the LORD looked on him, and said, Go in this your might, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent you?
Judges 6:16
And the LORD said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall smite the Midianites as one man.
Judges 6:37
Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry on all the earth beside, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said.
1 Samuel 14:10
But if they say thus, Come up to us; then we will go up: for the LORD has delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign to us.
Jump to Previous Deliver Hand Israel Promised Salvation Save Saviour WiltJump to Next Deliver Hand Israel Promised Salvation Save Saviour WiltCommentaries 6:33-40 These signs are truly miraculous, and very significant. Gideon and his men were going to fight the Midianites; could God distinguish between a small fleece of Israel, and the vast floor of Midian? Gideon is made to know that God could do so. Is Gideon desirous that the dew of Divine grace might come down upon himself in particular? He sees the fleece wet with dew to assure him of it. Does he desire that God will be as the dew to all Israel? Behold, all the ground is wet. What cause we sinners of the Gentiles have, to bless the Lord that the dew of heavenly blessings, once confined to Israel, is now sent to all the inhabitants of the earth! Yet still the means of grace are in different measures, according to the purposes of God. In the same congregation, one man's soul is like Gideon's moistened fleece, another like the dry ground.
34. the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon—Called in this sudden emergency into the public service of his country, he was supernaturally endowed with wisdom and energy commensurate with the magnitude of the danger and the difficulties of his position. His summons to war was enthusiastically obeyed by all the neighboring tribes. On the eve of a perilous enterprise, he sought to fortify his mind with a fresh assurance of a divine call to the responsible office. The miracle of the fleece was a very remarkable one—especially, considering the copious dews that fall in his country. The divine patience and condescension were wonderfully manifested in reversing the form of the miracle. Gideon himself seems to have been conscious of incurring the displeasure of God by his hesitancy and doubts; but He bears with the infirmities of His people. |
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