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Judges 13:18

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?

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 wondrously; 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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”
KJV
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
WEB
The LORD’s angel said to him, “Why do you ask about my name, since it is incomprehensible?”
ASV
And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is wonderful?
DARBY
And the Angel of Jehovah said to him, How is it that thou askest after my name, seeing it is wonderful?
BLB
And the angel of YHWH said to him, “Why [is] this—you do ask My name, and it is incomprehensible?”
ÅB
Men Herrens engel sa til ham: Hvorfor spør du om mitt navn? - Det er et underlig navn!
OTB
Han svarte: "Hvorfor spør du mitt navn? Det er et mysterium."
B1930
Men Herrens engel sa til ham: Hvorfor spør du om mitt navn? - Det er et underlig navn!

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Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 32:29

    And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

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  • Isaiah 9:6

    For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

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  • Judges 13:6

    Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

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