King James Version
Judges 6:40 in the King James Version says “And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.” — study this verse from Judges chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.”
Judges 6:40 · KJV
And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
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“And God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“so that night”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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