Judges 6 · Verse 36

Judges 6:36

And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
Judges 6:36, King James Version

Judges 6:36 in other translations

BSBThen Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
WEBGideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,
ASVAnd Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast spoken,
YLTAnd Gideon saith unto God, ‘If Thou art Saviour of Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken,
DARBYAnd Gideon said to God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,
BBEThen Gideon said to God, If you are going to give Israel salvation by my hand, as you have said,
WebsterAnd Gideon said to God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,

What does Judges 6:36 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 36 If thou wilt save Israel - Gideon was very bold, and God was very condescending. But probably the request itself was suggested by the Divine Spirit. On the miracle of the fleece, dew, and dry ground, Origen, in his eighth homily on the book of Judges, has many curious and interesting thoughts, I shall insert the substance of the whole: - The fleece is the Jewish nation. The fleece covered with dew, while all around is dry, the Jewish nation favored with the law and the prophets. The fleece dry, the Jewish nation cast off for rejecting the Gospel. All around watered, the Gospel preached to the Gentiles. and they converted to God. The fleece on the threshing-floor, the Jewish people in the land of Judea, winnowed, purged, and fanned by the Gospel. The dew wrung out into the bowl, the doctrines of Christianity, extracted from the Jewish writings, shadowed forth by Christ's pouring water into a basin, and washing the disciples' feet. The pious father concludes that he has now wrung this water out of the fleece of the book of Judges, as he hopes by and by to do out of the fleece of the book of Kings, and out of the fleece of the book of Isaiah or Jeremiah; and he has received it into the basin of his heart, and there conceived its true sense; and is desirous to wash the feet of his brethren, that they may be able to walk in the way of the preparation of the Gospel of peace. - Origen, Op. vol. ii., p. 475, edit. Benedict. All this to some will doubtless appear trifling; but it is not too much to say that scarcely any pious mind can consider the homily of this excellent man without drinking into a measure of the same spirit, so much sincerity, deep piety, and unction, appear throughout the whole: yet as I do not follow such practices, I cannot recommend them. Of dealers in such small wares, we have many that imitate Benjamin Keach, but few that come nigh to Origen.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 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…

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Judges 6:36 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
גִּדְע֖וֹןgid.'onGideonH1439
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
אִם\־'im-ifH518
יֶשְׁךָ֞yesh.Khathere youH3426
מוֹשִׁ֧יעַmo.Shi.a'[are] about to deliverH3467
בְּיָדִ֛יbe.ya.Diby hand myH3027
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
דִּבַּֽרְתָּ\׃di.Bar.tayou have spokenH1696

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 6:36

  • Judges 6:14

    And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?

  • Matthew 16:1

    The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

  • 2 Kings 20:9

    And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

  • Psalms 103:13-14

    Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

  • Judges 6:17-20

    And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.

  • Exodus 4:1-9

    And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
If thou wilt.
14,17-20; Ex 4:1-9; 2Ki 20:9; Ps 103:13,14; Mt 16:1

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Context

  • Judges 6:35

    And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

  • Judges 6:36

    And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,

  • 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 upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.

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Judges 6:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Gedeón dijo á Dios: Si has de salvar á Israel por mi mano, como has dicho,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Gédéon dit à Dieu: Si tu veux sauver Israël par ma main, comme tu l’as dit,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Gideon sprach zu Gott: Wenn du Israel durch meine Hand retten willst, so wie du geredet hast-
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dixitque Gedeon ad Deum: Si salvum facis per manum meam Israël, sicut locutus es,