And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and how shall we do unto him?
Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”
And Manoah saith, `Now let thy words come to pass; what is the custom of the youth--and his work?'
And Manoah said, When thy words then come to pass, what shall be the child's manner and his doing?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy