Judges 6:36

36 Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised—

Judges 6:36 in Other Translations

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

36 Then Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said,

36 Then Gideon said to God, “If you are truly going to use me to rescue Israel as you promised,

36 Gideon said to God, "If this is right, if you are using me to save Israel as you've said,

36 Then Gideon said to God, "If You will deliver Israel by my hand, as You said,

Judges 6:36 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 6:36

And Gideon said unto God
Not to a prophet of God who was there, of whom he asked the following signs to be done, as Ben Gersom, but to God in prayer, as Abarbinel:

if thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said;
not that he doubted of it, but was willing to have a confirmation of his faith; and perhaps his view was more for the encouragement of those that were with him than himself, that he desired the following signs; and though he had had one before, that was to show that he was truly an angel that spoke to him, and not to ascertain the salvation that should be wrought by him; though that might be concluded from his being an angel that spoke to him, and assured him of it.

Judges 6:36 In-Context

34 Then the Spirit of the LORD came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.

35 He sent messengers throughout Manasseh, calling them to arms, and also into Asher, Zebulun and Naphtali, so that they too went up to meet them.

36 Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised—

37 look, I will place a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you said.”

38 And that is what happened. Gideon rose early the next day; he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 14