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Judges 13:3

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The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

KJV

And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

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This verse in Judges 13

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The angel of the Lord - Generally supposed to have been the same that appeared to Moses, Joshua, Gideon, etc., and no other than the second person of the ever-blessed Trinity.

This site's exposition

angel of the Lord appeared

on Judges 13:3-5

The messenger comes to the wife rather than the husband, and she is put under part of the vow herself at verse 4, so the abstinence starts before the child does. Numbers 6:2 makes the Nazarite vow voluntary and for a set term, and here it is laid on a boy from the womb and never lifted, which is the shape of the dedication Hannah makes at 1 Samuel 1:11. The promise is measured, since he shall begin to deliver Israel, and the Philistines are still standing at 1 Samuel 7 and are put down only under David. Hebrews 11:32 names Samson among the faithful, and the chapters after this one record him breaking the terms of the vow he was born under.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיֵּרָ֥אand he appeared

    vaiyera'H7200 →1300 times

  • מַלְאַךְ־[the] angel of

    malakh-H4397 →213 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הָאִשָּׁ֑הthe woman

    haishahH802 →781 times

  • וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אֵלֶ֗יהָto her

    ʾeleihaH413 →5510 times

  • הִנֵּה־here!

    hineh-H2009 →843 times

  • נָ֤אplease

    na'H4994 →404 times

  • אַתְּ־you

    ʾat-H859 →1094 times

  • עֲקָרָה֙[are] barren

    ʾakarahH6135 →

  • וְלֹ֣אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • יָלַ֔דְתְּyou have borne children

    yaladtH3205 →496 times

  • וְהָרִ֖יתand you will conceive

    veharitH2029 →

  • וְיָלַ֥דְתְּand you will bear

    veyaladtH3205 →496 times

  • בֵּֽן׃a son

    benH1121 →4930 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.12 worksJudges 6:12And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”10 worksGenesis 18:10Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.8 worksLuke 1:11Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.8 worksJudges 6:11–12Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.7 worksJudges 13:8Then 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.”7 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Judges 2:1Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,7 works2 Kings 4:16And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”7 worksMatthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”7 worksMatthew 1:20But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.7 works1 Samuel 1:20So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”6 worksGenesis 17:16And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”6 worksLuke 1:28–38The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”6 worksGenesis 18:2And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.6 worksJudges 13:10The woman ran quickly to tell her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!”5 worksJudges 13:6So 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.4 worksGenesis 16:7–13Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.4 works1 Kings 13:18Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Luke 1:13

    But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 2:21

      So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.

    • Acts 10:31

      and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.

    • Psalms 113:9

      He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

    • Genesis 25:21

      Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

    • Psalms 127:3–5

      Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

  • Through

    Genesis 18:10

    Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the…

    it leads to

    • Genesis 21:2

      So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

    • Genesis 17:21

      But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”

    • Romans 9:8–9

      So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.

Where this verse is studied

About Judges

The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Judges: the study guide →Read Judges 13 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.

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