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;
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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;
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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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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;
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Passages linked to Judges 13:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 13:17-18 Manoah said to Yahweh’s angel, “What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honor you?” Yahweh’s angel said to him, “Why do you ask about my name, since it is incomprehensible?”
- Matthew 28:3-4 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.
- 1 Samuel 9:6 The servant said to him, “Behold now, there is a man of God in this city, and he is a man who is held in honor. All that he says surely happens. Now let’s go there. Perhaps he can tell us which way to go.”
- Revelation 1:17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
- Deuteronomy 33:1 This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
- 2 Kings 4:9 She said to her husband, “See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by us continually.
- Daniel 8:17 So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to the time of the end.”
- Daniel 10:5 I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, there was a man clothed in linen, whose thighs were adorned with pure gold of Uphaz.
- Daniel 10:11 He said to me, “Daniel, you greatly beloved man, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright; for I have been sent to you, now.” When he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling.
- Luke 1:19 The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
- Luke 9:29 As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling.
- Acts 6:15 All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.
- Genesis 32:29 Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” He blessed him there.
- Exodus 3:2 Yahweh’s angel appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
- Exodus 3:6 Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.
- Joshua 14:6 Then the children of Judah came near to Joshua in Gilgal. Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh Barnea.
- Judges 13:8 Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, “Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you sent come again to us, and teach us what we should do to the child who shall be born.”
- Judges 13:22 Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”
- 1 Samuel 2:27 A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Did I reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?
- 1 Kings 17:18 She said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!”
- 1 Kings 17:24 The woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that Yahweh’s word in your mouth is truth.”
- 2 Kings 4:16 He said, “At this season, when the time comes around, you will embrace a son.” She said, “No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your servant.”
- 1 Timothy 6:11 But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
- Genesis 28:16-17 Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn’t know it.” He was afraid, and said, “How awesome this place is! This is none other than God’s house, and this is the gate of heaven.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain If flesh be not able to abide the sight…
If flesh be not able to abide the sight of an Angel, how much less the presence of God?
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 13:6 Then the woman came and told her…
Jdg 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:
Ver. 6. Then the woman came and told her husband.] Which because the first woman did not, but held a parley with the serpent, great mischief ensued. Married couples must freely impart their minds one to another in things of common concernment. Coniugis illa sui Cor, Caput iste suae. Josephus tells us that Manoah was jealous of his wife: but who told him so?
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A man of God.] A prophet: it was indeed the Arch-prophet.
Very terrible.] Majestic, glorious, and sparkling with divine light.
But I asked him not whence he was.] Modesty and taciturnity do well become women. Video, taceo, I see and say nothing, was Queen Elizabeth’s motto.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain A man of God; a prophet, or sacred person,…
A man of God; a prophet, or sacred person, sent with a message from God.
Very terrible, or, venerable, or awful, full of majesty.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then the woman came and told her husband,.... To…
Then the woman came and told her husband,.... To whom it would be joyful news, as it was to her:
saying, a man of God came unto me; he appeared in an human form, and therefore she calls him a man; and by his mien and deportment, and the message he brought, she concluded he was a man of God, that is, a prophet; by which name such persons went in those days; and so the Targum calls him a prophet of the Lord: but it is a mere conceit of Ben Gersom that it was Phinehas, who in all probability was not living; besides what is after related shows that this was a divine Person, and no other than the Son of God:
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and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible; for though she might never have seen an angel, yet it being a common notion that angels were very illustrious, of a beautiful form and of a shining countenance, and very majestic, she compares the man she saw to one; for by being "very terrible", is not meant that he was frightful, and struck her with horror, but venerable and majestic, which filled her with admiration:
but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name; this she added to prevent her husband's inquiring about his name and place of abode; and perhaps, as she came along, she reflected on herself that she did not ask those questions; which might be owing to the surprise she was in, partly at the awful and venerable appearance of the person, and partly at the joyful news he brought her; though it seems as if she did ask his name, but he did not tell her what it was.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Man of God - A prophet, or sacred person,…
Man of God - A prophet, or sacred person, sent with a message from God. Terrible - Or, venerable, awful, full of Majesty.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 6. But I asked him not whence he…
Verse 6. But I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name] This clause is rendered very differently by the Vulgate, the negative NOT being omitted: Quem cum interrogassem quis esset, et unde venisset, et quo nomine vocaretur, noluit mihi dicere; sed hoc respondit. "Who, when I asked who he was and whence he came, and by what name he was called, would not tell me; but this he said," c.
The negative is also wanting in the Septuagint, as it stands in the Complutensian Polyglot: Και ηρωτων αυτον ποθεν εστιν, και το ονομα αυτου ουκ απηγγειλε μοι "And I asked him whence he was, and his name, but he did not tell me." This is also the reading of the Codex Alexandrinus; but the Septuagint, in the London Polyglot, together with the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, read the negative particle with the Hebrew text, I asked NOT his name, &c.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 13:6. A man of God came unto me…
Jdg 13:6. A man of God came unto me — A prophet, or sacred person, sent with a message from God. Like the countenance of an angel, very terrible — Or venerable, awful, full of majesty. Though Manoah’s wife had never seen an angel before, yet she might well say this, as it was a prevailing opinion among all people, that celestial beings were more excellent in their nature than mankind, and bore an extraordinary majesty in their countenances, which struck the human beholder with awe and admiration. But I asked not whence he was, &c. — The lustre of his aspect infused such an awe into her, as rendered her incapable of making such inquiry.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain A man of God - The designation of a…
A man of God - The designation of a prophet, of frequent use in the books of Samuel and Kings 1Sa 2:27; 1Sa 9:6-8, 1Sa 9:10; 1Ki 12:22; 1Ki 13:1, 1Ki 13:5-6, 1Ki 13:11, and applied to Timothy by Paul in the New Testament 1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 3:17.
His countenance - Rather, “his appearance,” as the word is rendered in Dan 10:18.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And when, &c. Hebrew, Chaldean, Syriac, Arabic, and the…
And when, &c. Hebrew, Chaldean, Syriac, Arabic, and the Vatican Septuagint read a negation, "And I did not ask him whence he came; neither did he tell me his name." The other copies of the Septuagint, St. Augustine (q. 51.), &c., agree with the Vulgate though St. Augustine suspected that the negation was wanting. (Calmet)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain then Manoah entreated the Lord--On being informed by his…
then Manoah entreated the Lord--On being informed by his wife of the welcome intimation, the husband made it the subject of earnest prayer to God. This is a remarkable instance, indicative of the connection which God has established between prayer and the fulfilment of His promises.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 6. A man of God — The human form…
6. A man of God — The human form he bore led her to mistake the Angel for a prophet, and yet she thought that he was more than human.
Very terrible — Majestic. His presence was such as to command a holy fear.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. A man of God] An inspired man; the…
6. A man of God] An inspired man; the phrase is used of a prophet, Deu_33:1; 1Sa_2:27; 1Sa_9:6-8; 1Ki_12:22 etc. Here the man of God seemed to be more than human.
and I asked him not] A strange visitor is first asked whence he comes (hence LXX. cod. A and Vulgate omit the negative), and then he is expected to give his name. Such is the rule of Eastern manners; the reticence on both sides in the present case is noted as unusual.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (6) A man of God.—Angels always appeared in human…
(6) A man of God.—Angels always appeared in human form, and Manoah’s wife, though awe-struck by the majesty of the angel’s appearance, did not know him to be other than a prophet. Josephus, writing to please the coarse tastes of Gentile readers, describes the messenger as a tall and beautiful youth, who excited the jealousy of Manoah (Antt. v. 8, § 2).
Very terrible.—Comp. Mat_28:3-4.
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I asked him not whence he was.—The LXX. omit the negative.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain A man of God, i.e. a prophet, applied to…
A man of God, i.e. a prophet, applied to Moses, Samuel, David, Shemaiah, Elijah, Elisha, and other prophets, and to Timothy in the New Testament. Manoah"s wife applies it to the angel, not being sure that he was not human. It would not be improper to apply to an angel, seeing that Gabriel means man of God. I asked him not, etc. No doubt from awe. Jacob, on the contrary, asked the angel with whom he had wrestled, "Tell me, I pray thee, thy name". (Gen_32:29) See vers. 17, 18. In the Septuagint (Cod. Alex.) and Vulgate the not is omitted. "I asked him, but he did not tell me."
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 A man of God
A man of God
This means that the man was sent by God. This can be made explicit. AT: "A man that God sent" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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his appearance was like that of an angel of God, very terrible
Here "terrible" means "frightening." AT: "I was very afraid of him because he looked like an angel of God" (See: Simile)
Look
"Pay attention" or "Listen"
give birth to a son
This refers to childbirth. AT: "bear a son" or "have a baby boy" (See: Idiom)
any food that the law declares to be unclean
Something that Yahweh has stated is unfit to eat is spoken of as if it were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
a Nazirite to God
This means that he will be devoted to God as a Nazirite. See how you translated this in Judges 3:5. AT: "a Nazirite devoted to God" or "devoted to God as a Nazirite" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
from the time he is in your womb until the day of his death
This emphasizes that it would be for his entire life. AT: "all his life" (See: Merism)
translationWords
God
angel
wine
strong drink
law
clean
Nazirite
womb
die
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