Judges 13:15-25
English Standard Version Anglicised
15 Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “Please let us detain you and (A)prepare a young goat for you.” 16 And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “If you detain me, I will not eat of your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, then offer it to the Lord.” (For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the Lord.) 17 And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, (B)“What is your name, so that, when your words come true, we may honour you?” 18 And the angel of the Lord said to him, (C)“Why do you ask my name, seeing (D)it is wonderful?” 19 So (E)Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord, to the one who works[a] wonders, and Manoah and his wife were watching. 20 And when the flame went up towards heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar. Now Manoah and his wife were watching, (F)and they fell on their faces to the ground.
21 The angel of the Lord appeared no more to Manoah and to his wife. (G)Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the Lord. 22 And Manoah said to his wife, (H)“We shall surely die, for we have seen God.” 23 But his wife said to him, “If the Lord had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering at our hands, or shown us all these things, or now announced to us such things as these.” 24 And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. (I)And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him. 25 (J)And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between (K)Zorah and Eshtaol.
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- Judges 13:19 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew Lord, and working
Judges 13:15-25
New International Version
15 Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “We would like you to stay until we prepare a young goat(A) for you.”
16 The angel of the Lord replied, “Even though you detain me, I will not eat any of your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering,(B) offer it to the Lord.” (Manoah did not realize(C) that it was the angel of the Lord.)
17 Then Manoah inquired of the angel of the Lord, “What is your name,(D) so that we may honor you when your word comes true?”
18 He replied, “Why do you ask my name?(E) It is beyond understanding.[a]” 19 Then Manoah took a young goat, together with the grain offering, and sacrificed it on a rock(F) to the Lord. And the Lord did an amazing thing while Manoah and his wife watched: 20 As the flame(G) blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground.(H) 21 When the angel of the Lord did not show himself again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized(I) that it was the angel of the Lord.
22 “We are doomed(J) to die!” he said to his wife. “We have seen(K) God!”
23 But his wife answered, “If the Lord had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and grain offering from our hands, nor shown us all these things or now told us this.”(L)
24 The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson.(M) He grew(N) and the Lord blessed him,(O) 25 and the Spirit of the Lord began to stir(P) him while he was in Mahaneh Dan,(Q) between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Footnotes
- Judges 13:18 Or is wonderful
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