Bible in Basic English
"Then Gideon said to God, If you are going to give Israel salvation by my hand, as you have said,"
— Judges 6:36, Bible in Basic English
“And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,”
“And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast spoken, ”
“Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,”
“Gideon said to God,“If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel, as you promised, then give me a sign as proof.”
Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east, banding themselves together, went over and put up their tents in the valley of Jezreel.
But the spirit of the Lord came on Gideon; and at the sound of his horn all Abiezer came together after him.
And he sent through all Manasseh, and they came after him; and he sent to Asher and Zebulun and Naphtali, and they came up and were joined to the others.
Then Gideon said to God, If you are going to give Israel salvation by my hand, as you have said,
See, I will put the wool of a sheep on the grain-floor; if there is dew on the wool only, while all the earth is dry, then I will be certain that it is your purpose to give Israel salvation by my hand as you have said.
And it was so: for he got up early on the morning after, and twisting the wool in his hands, he got a basin full of water from the dew on the wool.
Then Gideon said to God, Do not be moved to wrath against me if I say only this: let me make one more test with the wool; let the wool now be dry, while the earth is covered with dew.