Judges 6:39 (GNV)

Passage

Againe, Gideon sayde vnto God, Be not angry with me, that I may speake once more: let me prooue once againe, I pray thee, with the fleece: let it now be drie onely vpon the fleece, and let dewe be vpon all the ground.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:37 Beholde, I wil put a fleece of wooll in the threshing place: if the dewe come on the fleece onely, and it be drie vpon all the earth, then shall I be sure, that thou wilt saue Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.

Judges 6:38 And so it was: for he rose vp earely on the morow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, and filled a bowle of water.

Judges 6:39 Againe, Gideon sayde vnto God, Be not angry with me, that I may speake once more: let me prooue once againe, I pray thee, with the fleece: let it now be drie onely vpon the fleece, and let dewe be vpon all the ground.

Judges 6:40 And God did so that same night: for it was drie vpon the fleece onely, and there was dewe on all the ground.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "againe", "gideon", "sayde", "vnto", "angry", "speake", "once", and "prooue". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "againe" and "gideon", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 38's "And so it was for he rose..." into verse 40's "And God did so that same night...", so "againe" and "gideon" 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 "againe" and "gideon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.