40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
40 That night God did so. Only the fleece was dry; all the ground was covered with dew.
40 And God did so that night; and it was dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew.
40 God made it happen that very night. Only the fleece was dry while the ground was wet with dew.
40 And God did so that night. It was dry on the fleece only, but there was dew on all the ground.
40 So that night God did as Gideon asked. The fleece was dry in the morning, but the ground was covered with dew.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 6:40
Commentary on Judges 6:33-40
(Read Judges 6:33-40)
These signs are truly miraculous, and very significant. Gideon and his men were going to fight the Midianites; could God distinguish between a small fleece of Israel, and the vast floor of Midian? Gideon is made to know that God could do so. Is Gideon desirous that the dew of Divine grace might come down upon himself in particular? He sees the fleece wet with dew to assure him of it. Does he desire that God will be as the dew to all Israel? Behold, all the ground is wet. What cause we sinners of the Gentiles have, to bless the Lord that the dew of heavenly blessings, once confined to Israel, is now sent to all the inhabitants of the earth! Yet still the means of grace are in different measures, according to the purposes of God. In the same congregation, one man's soul is like Gideon's moistened fleece, another like the dry ground.