Judges 6:36 (DRB)

Passage

And Gedeon said to God: If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,

Nearby Context

Judges 6:34 But the spirit of the Lord came upon Gedeon, and he sounded the trumpet, and called together the house of Abiezer, to follow him.

Judges 6:35 And he sent messengers into all Manasses, and they also followed him : and other messengers into Aser and Zabulon, and Nephthali, and they came to meet him.

Judges 6:36 And Gedeon said to God: If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,

Judges 6:37 I will put this fleece of wool on the floor: if there be dew in the fleece only, and it be dry on all the ground beside, I shall know that by my hand, as thou hast said, thou wilt deliver Israel.

Judges 6:38 And it was so. And rising before day, wringing the fleece, he filled a vessel with the dew.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "gedeon", "said", "thou", "wilt", "save", "israel", and "hand". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "gedeon" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 35's "And he sent messengers into all Manasses..." into verse 37's "I will put this fleece of wool...", so "gedeon" and "said" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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