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Judges 13:21

But Yahweh’s angel didn’t appear to Manoah or to his wife any more. Then Manoah knew that he was Yahweh’s angel.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    But Yahweh’s angel didn’t appear to Manoah or to his wife any more. Then Manoah knew that he was Yahweh’s angel.

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the LORD.

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Cross-references (3)

Passages linked to Judges 13:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Judges 6:22 Gideon saw that he was Yahweh’s angel; and Gideon said, “Alas, Lord Yahweh! Because I have seen Yahweh’s angel face to face!”
  • Judges 13:16 Yahweh’s angel said to Manoah, “Though you detain me, I won’t eat your bread. If you will prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh.” For Manoah didn’t know that he was Yahweh’s angel.
  • Hosea 12:4-5 Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us, even Yahweh, the God of Armies; Yahweh is his name of renown!

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Explain this verse (5 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 13:21 But the angel of the LORD did…

Jdg 13:21 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.

Ver. 21. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel.] Even that Angel of the covenant, the Angel of the great council, as the Septuagint styles him. {a} {/LXXE Isa 9:6} prefixing that before other of Christ’s titles there, though that be not found in the Hebrew.

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{a} και καλειται το ονομα αντου μεγαλης βουλης αγγελος.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But the angel of the Lord did no more…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain But. It is better rendered and, in close sequence…
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain (See Scofield "Heb 1:4").
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 that he was the angel of Yahweh

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