Judges 6:40 (DBY)

Passage

And God did so that night, and it was dry upon the fleece only, but on all the ground there was dew.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:38 And it was so. And when he rose up early on the morrow, he pressed the fleece together, and wrung dew out of the fleece, a bowl-full of water.

Judges 6:39 And Gideon said to 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, I pray thee, be dry upon the fleece only, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

Judges 6:40 And God did so that night, and it was dry upon the fleece only, but on all the ground there was dew.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "night", "upon", "fleece", "only", and "ground". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "night" and "upon", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "And Gideon said to God Let not...", giving immediate footing for "night" and "upon". In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "night" and "upon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.