Judges 6:40 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And God did so that night: for it was (q) dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. (q) By which he was assured that it was a miracle of God.
Judges 6:40 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Midianite Raid, and the Sign of the Fleece. The broad and deep Vale of Jezreel, lying between Gilboa and Moreh, leads up from Jordan to the Great Plain. Judges 6:34 . Gideon now felt the Di...
Judges 6:40 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 266 GIDEON’S FLEECE Judges 6:36-40 . And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the d...
Judges 6:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].
Judges 6:40 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Gideon and the Midianites The story of Gideon, which runs from Judges 6:1 to Judges 8:33 , is more detailed than that of Deborah and Barak; and, from the details, it would appear that different...
Judges 6:40 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

It was dry upon the fleece only. — Such a result as this — not being in accordance with natural circumstances — could only have arisen from direct interposition. Besides the simple narrative, which...
Judges 6:40 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

"THE PEOPLE ARE YET TOO MANY" Judges 6:33-40 ; Judges 7:1-7 ANOTHER day of hope and energy has dawned. One hillside at least rises sunlit out of darkness with the altar of Jehovah on its summi...
Judges 6:40 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Beginning Reform at Home Judges 6:28-40 The good sense of Joash saved his son. “Of what use is Baal to us,” said he, “if he cannot take care of himself?” Gideon had stood the divine test; can y...
Judges 6:40 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After the passing of these forty years, sin again brought punishment. The people passed under the oppression of Midian. It was oppression of the severest kind and lasted for seven years. A terrible p...
Judges 6:40 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is probable that those requests of Gideon were more for the confirmation of the faith of his companions, than for his own; similar to those questions which John the Baptist sent to Jesus. For they...
Judges 6:40 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And God did so that night ,.... The night following, the night being the season in which the dew falls: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground ; and this might si...
Judges 6:40 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And God did so See how tender God is even of the weak; and how ready to condescend to their infirmities! These signs were very expressive. They are going to engage the Midianites. Could God disting...
Judges 6:40 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE OPPRESSION OF MIDIAN (vv.1-10) However, Israel again repeated the evil of departing from the Lord. This time the Lord used Midian to put them under a yoke of oppression which lasted seven ye...
Judges 6:40 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Gideon's Fleece. B. C. 1249. 33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the chi...
Judges 6:40 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Judges 6:40 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And God did so that night, for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.' God graciously gave him his further sign. Next morning the ground was covered in dew but the fl...
Judges 6:40 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CHAPTER 6— Judges 6:33-40 PREPARATIONS FOR THE CONFLICT CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 6:33 . Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites. ] As to the Amalekites, see Judges 6:3 , and ch. Judges 3:1...
Judges 6:40 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 6-8 In the first words of Gideon we find the key to his character. (1) He was a man who felt deeply the degradation of his people. He could not enjoy his own harvest while the Midianites were...
Judges 6:40 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 6:1 . The Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian, the descendants of Abraham's fourth son by Keturah, who oppressed them for seven years. Genesis 25:2 . Judges 6:3 . The children o...
Judges 6:40 - The Biblical Illustrator

I will put a fleece of wool in the floor. Gideon’s request 1. Impossible though it may be to acquit Gideon of unreasonableness, in demanding farther proofs of the certainty wherewith he might r...
Judges 6:40 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 6:33 The Midianites , etc. See Judges 6:3 , note. The valley of Jezreel . Rather, the plain , "the great plain of Esdraelon," as the Book of Judith styles it (Judi...
Judges 6:40 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Gideon Granted Special Signs
Judges 6:40 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 6:40
Judges 6:40 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Gideon's Call to Conquest Judges 6:11-40 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There come times of special exigencies when God speaks to special men calling them to special service. Such a call came to Gideon,...
Judges 6:40 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And God did so — See how tender God is, even of the weak; and how ready to condescend to their infirmities! These signs were very expressive. They are going to engage the Midianites. Could God dist...

Judges 6:40 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 6:40 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:40 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Judges 6:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 6:40 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:40 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 6:40 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 6:40 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 6:40 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 6:40 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 6:40 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 6:40 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 6:40 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:40 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 6:40 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 6:40 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 6:40 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 6:40 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Judges 6:40 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 6:40 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 6:40 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 6:40 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 6:40 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 6:40 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Judges 6:40 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes