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Judges 13:16-23
New American Standard Bible
Judges 13:16-23
New American Standard Bible
16 But the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “Though you detain me, (A)I will not eat your [a]food, but if you prepare a burnt offering, 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 [b]are fulfilled, we may honor you?” 18 But the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why do you ask my name, for it is [c](C)wonderful?” 19 So (D)Manoah took the young goat along with the grain offering and offered it on the rock to the Lord; and He performed wonders while Manoah and his wife looked on. 20 For it came about when the flame went up from the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they (E)fell on their faces to the ground.
21 Now the angel of the Lord did not appear to Manoah or his wife again. (F)Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the Lord. 22 So Manoah said to his wife, “(G)We will certainly die, for we have seen God.” 23 But his wife said to him, “If the Lord had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have (H)shown us all these things, nor would He have let us hear things like this at this time.”
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- Judges 13:16 Lit bread
- Judges 13:17 Lit come
- Judges 13:18 I.e., incomprehensible
Judges 13:16-23
New International Version
Judges 13:16-23
New International Version
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,(A) offer it to the Lord.” (Manoah did not realize(B) that it was the angel of the Lord.)
17 Then Manoah inquired of the angel of the Lord, “What is your name,(C) so that we may honor you when your word comes true?”
18 He replied, “Why do you ask my name?(D) It is beyond understanding.[a]” 19 Then Manoah took a young goat, together with the grain offering, and sacrificed it on a rock(E) to the Lord. And the Lord did an amazing thing while Manoah and his wife watched: 20 As the flame(F) 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.(G) 21 When the angel of the Lord did not show himself again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized(H) that it was the angel of the Lord.
22 “We are doomed(I) to die!” he said to his wife. “We have seen(J) 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.”(K)
Footnotes
- Judges 13:18 Or is wonderful
Judges 13:16-23
King James Version
Judges 13:16-23
King James Version
16 And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.
17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
18 And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the Lord: and the angel did wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.
20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
21 But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the Lord.
22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
23 But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.
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