Judges 13:2
1 Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
3 The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
4 Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
- KJV
- And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
- WEB
- There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless.
- ASV
- And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
- DARBY
- And there was a certain man of Zoreah, of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and did not bear.
- BLB
- And there was a certain man from Zorah of the family of the Danite, and his name [was] Manoah. And his wife [was] barren and she had not given birth.
- ÅB
- Der var en mann fra Sora av danittenes slekt, han hette Manoah; hans hustru var ufruktbar og hadde aldri hatt barn.
- OTB
- Det var en mann fra Sora, av Danittenes ætt, som het Manoah, og hans kone var ufruktbar og hadde ikke født barn.
- B1930
- Der var en mann fra Sora av danittenes ætt, han hette Manoah; hans hustru var ufruktbar og hadde aldri hatt barn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 19:41
The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
Read in contextJoshua 15:33
These were in the foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
Read in contextLuke 1:7
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
Read in contextGenesis 25:21
Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
Read in contextGenesis 16:1
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
Read in context1 Samuel 1:2–6
He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
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