Hakim-hakim 6:37

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

maka aku membentangkan guntingan bulu domba di tempat pengirikan; apabila hanya di atas guntingan bulu itu ada embun, tetapi seluruh tanah di situ tinggal kering, maka tahulah aku, bahwa Engkau mau menyelamatkan orang Israel dengan perantaraanku, seperti yang Kaufirmankan."

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
maka aku membentangkan guntingan bulu domba di tempat pengirikan; apabila hanya di atas guntingan bulu itu ada embun, tetapi seluruh tanah di situ tinggal kering, maka tahulah aku, bahwa Engkau mau menyelamatkan orang Israel dengan perantaraanku, seperti yang Kaufirmankan."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
bahwasanya aku hendak membentangkan belulang yang berbulu ini di tempat pengirik gandum; jikalau kiranya air embun hanya pada belulang itu sahaja dan tanah itupun keringlah, maka boleh kuketahui akan hal sesungguhnya Engkau hendak menolong orang Israel oleh tanganku, setuju dengan firman-Mu.

Contextual Overview

³³ All the Madianites therfore, and the Amalekites, and they of the east, were gathered together, & went and pytched in the valley of Iesrael: ³⁴ But the spirite of the Lorde came vppon Gedeon, and he blewe a trumpet, and Abiezer was ioyned with him. ³⁵ And he sent messengers throughout all Manasses, which also was ioyned with him, and he sent messengers vnto Azar, Zabulon, and Nephthalim, and they came to meete them. ³⁶ And Gedeon sayd vnto God: Yf thou wilt saue Israel by myne hand, as thou hast sayd: ³⁷ Beholde, I wil put a fleece of wool in the treashing place: And if the dewe come on the fleece onely, and it be drye vpon all the earth besyde, then shall I be sure that thou wilt saue Israel by my hand, as thou saydest. ³⁸ And it came so to passe: For he rose vp early on the morowe, & thrust the fleece together, and wrong the dewe therout, and fylled a bowle of water. ³⁹ And Gedeon sayde agayne vnto God: Be not angry with me, that I speake once more, for I wil proue once agayne by the fleece. Let it be drye onely vpon the fleece, and dewe vpon al the ground. ⁴⁰ And God dyd so that same nyght: For it was drye vpon the fleece only, & there was dewe on all the grounde.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Behold: Deuteronomy 32:2, Psalms 72:6, Hosea 6:3, Hosea 6:4, Hosea 14:5

only: Psalms 147:19, Psalms 147:20, Matthew 10:5, Matthew 10:6, Matthew 15:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:14 - And let 2 Kings 20:8 - What shall be Isaiah 38:7 - General Amos 4:7 - and I Luke 11:24 - dry

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the floor,.... On the floor where he was threshing, where the angel first appeared to him, and which lay exposed to the open air, so that the dew might easily fall upon it:

and if the dew be on the fleece only; the dew that falls from heaven in the night, when he proposed it should lie on the floor till morning:

and it be dry upon all the earth beside; meaning not upon all the world, nor even upon all the land of Israel, but upon all the floor about the fleece: then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said; for the dew being a token of divine favour, see Hosea 14:5 it would show that Gideon would partake of it, while his enemies would be dry and desolate, and ruin and destruction would be their portion.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The threshing floors were and still are under the open air, and usually circular. The second sign Judges 6:40, would be more convincing than the former, because it is the nature of fleeces to attract and retain moisture.