Judges 13:10
in Judges 13The woman ran quickly to tell her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.
KJV
And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.
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This verse in Judges 13
Commentary
5 notes on this verse"Oh," says she, overjoyed, "my dear love, thy prayers are answered--yonder is the man of God, come to make us another visit--he that came the other day," or, as some read it, this day, for other is not in the original, and it is probable enough that both these visits were on the same day, and at the same place, and that the second time she sat expecting him.
This site's exposition
Then Manoah prayed to the LORD
on Judges 13:8-10
Manoah asks for a second visit and for teaching, and “God listened to the voice of Manoah”. The angel comes again to the woman alone in the field, so the man who asked to see him still has to be fetched. Adam Clarke reads the repeat appearance as what settled Manoah's mind about his wife's account, and Matthew Henry as God answering a man who wanted to know his duty.
This site's exposition
The woman ran quickly to tell her husband
Matthew Henry notes that the word other in the other day has no match in the Hebrew. Some read it as this day, with both visits of the man on the same day. The woman runs so that her husband can see him.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the woman made haste, and ran,....
It was a vulgar opinion generally received among the ancient Jews that it was present death to see God or an angel; and this notion quite overcome his faith for the present, as it did Gideon's, ch. vi. In his wife's reflection upon it there is great faith,
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתְּמַהֵר֙ | vatemaher | and she made haste | H4116 → | |
| הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה | haishah | the woman | H802 → | 781 times |
| וַתָּ֖רָץ | vatarotz | and she ran | H7323 → | |
| וַתַּגֵּ֣ד | vataged | and she told | H5046 → | 370 times |
| לְאִישָׁ֑הּ | leishah | to husband her | H376 → | 1663 times |
| וַתֹּ֣אמֶר | vatomer | and she said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֵלָ֔יו | ʾelav | to him | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הִנֵּ֨ה | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| נִרְאָ֤ה | nirah | he has presented himself | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֵלַי֙ | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָאִ֔ישׁ | haish | the man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּ֥א | ba' | he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בַיּ֖וֹם | vaiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אֵלָֽי׃ | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
וַתְּמַהֵר֙and she made haste
vatemaherH4116 →
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔הthe woman
haishahH802 →781 times
וַתָּ֖רָץand she ran
vatarotzH7323 →
וַתַּגֵּ֣דand she told
vatagedH5046 →370 times
לְאִישָׁ֑הּto husband her
leishahH376 →1663 times
וַתֹּ֣אמֶרand she said
vatomerH559 →5305 times
אֵלָ֔יוto him
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
הִנֵּ֨הhere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
נִרְאָ֤הhe has presented himself
nirahH7200 →1300 times
אֵלַי֙to me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
הָאִ֔ישׁthe man
haishH376 →1663 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
בָּ֥אhe came
ba'H935 →2568 times
בַיּ֖וֹםon the day
vaiyomH3117 →2304 times
אֵלָֽי׃to me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Judges
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.