Judges 6:39 (LSB)

Passage

Then Gideon said to God, “Do not let Your anger burn against me that I may speak once more; please let me make a test once more with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, and let there be dew on all the ground.”

Nearby Context

Judges 6:37 behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I will know that You will save Israel by my hand, as You have spoken.”

Judges 6:38 And it was so. Indeed he arose early the next morning and squeezed the fleece. And he drained the dew from the fleece, a bowl full of water.

Judges 6:39 Then Gideon said to God, “Do not let Your anger burn against me that I may speak once more; please let me make a test once more with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, and let there be dew on all the ground.”

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "gideon", "said", "anger", "burn", "against", "speak", "once", and "please". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "gideon" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

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