Judges 13:6
4 Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
5 For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
7 But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”
8 Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
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
- So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A man of God came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome. I didn’t ask him where he was from, neither did he tell me his name;
- ASV
- Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
- DARBY
- And the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of an angel of God, very terrible; but I did not ask him whence he was, neither did he tell me his name.
- BLB
- And the woman came and spoke to her husband, saying, “A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask Him where He [was] from, and his name he did not tell to me.
- ÅB
- Og kvinnen kom og sa til sin mann: En Guds mann kom til meg; han var å se til som Guds engel, såre forferdelig; men jeg spurte ham ikke hvorfra han var, og han sa meg ikke sitt navn.
- OTB
- Kvinnen gikk til sin mann og sa: "En Guds mann kom til meg; hans utseende var som en Guds engel, meget fryktinngytende. Jeg spurte ikke hvor han kom fra, og han fortalte meg ikke sitt navn.
- B1930
- Og kvinnen kom og sa til sin mann: En Guds mann kom til mig; han var å se til som Guds engel, såre forferdelig; men jeg spurte ham ikke hvorfra han var, og han sa mig ikke sitt navn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 28:3–4
His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
Read in contextJudges 13:17–18
Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes to pass?”
Read in context1 Samuel 9:6
“Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”
Read in contextRevelation 1:17
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
Read in contextLuke 9:29
And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:1
This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
Read in context2 Kings 4:9
Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
Read in contextLuke 1:19
“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
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