Judges 13:6
in Judges 13So 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.
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ASV
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:
KJV
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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This verse in Judges 13
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the woman went and told her husband
on Judges 13:6-7
She calls him “A man of God” whose appearance was “like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome”, and says he gave no name. Her report adds a clause the angel did not speak at verse 5, “until the day of his death”, fixing the vow for life, and it leaves out the razor. The text does not say whether she was told more than verse 5 records.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
After the spirit of the Hebrews had been so subdued by the pressure of a long subjection that no one dared with a manly spirit to rouse them to liberty, Samson, fore-ordained by the Divine oracle, was raised up to them. A great man he was, not one of the multitude, but first among the few, and beyond controversy far excelling all in bodily strength.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
She was abundantly satisfied that he was a servant of God; his person and message she thought carried their own evidence along with them, and she enquired no further. She gives him a particular account both of the promise and of the precept (
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Then the woman came and told her husband,....
The glad tidings were brought her when she was alone, perhaps religiously employed in meditation or prayer; but she could not, she would not, conceal them from her husband, but gives him an account, 1.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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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2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
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,” etc. 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, etc.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
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.
The words behind it
25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתָּבֹ֣א | vatavo' | and she went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| הָאִשָּׁ֗ה | haishah | the woman | H802 → | 781 times |
| וַתֹּ֣אמֶר | vatomer | and she said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לְאִישָׁהּ֮ | leishah | to husband her | H376 → | 1663 times |
| לֵאמֹר֒ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אִ֤ישׁ | ʾish | <the> man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִים֙ | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בָּ֣א | ba' | he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֵלַ֔י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וּמַרְאֵ֕הוּ | umarehu | and appearance his | H4758 → | |
| כְּמַרְאֵ֛ה | kemareh | [was] like [the] appearance of | H4758 → | |
| מַלְאַ֥ךְ | malakh | <the> angel of | H4397 → | 213 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| נוֹרָ֣א | nora' | awesome | H3372 → | 315 times |
| מְאֹ֑ד | meod | very | H3966 → | 300 times |
| וְלֹ֤א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שְׁאִלְתִּ֙יהוּ֙ | sheiltihu | I asked him | H7592 → | 171 times |
| אֵֽי־ | ʾei- | where? | H335 → | |
| מִזֶּ֣ה | mizeh | from this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| ה֔וּא | hu' | [was] he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁמ֖וֹ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הִגִּ֥יד | higid | he told | H5046 → | 370 times |
| לִֽי׃ | li | to <the> me |
וַתָּבֹ֣אand she went
vatavo'H935 →2568 times
הָאִשָּׁ֗הthe woman
haishahH802 →781 times
וַתֹּ֣אמֶרand she said
vatomerH559 →5305 times
לְאִישָׁהּ֮to husband her
leishahH376 →1663 times
לֵאמֹר֒<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
אִ֤ישׁ<the> man of
ʾishH376 →1663 times
הָאֱלֹהִים֙<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
בָּ֣אhe came
ba'H935 →2568 times
אֵלַ֔יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
וּמַרְאֵ֕הוּand appearance his
umarehuH4758 →
כְּמַרְאֵ֛ה[was] like [the] appearance of
kemarehH4758 →
מַלְאַ֥ךְ<the> angel of
malakhH4397 →213 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
נוֹרָ֣אawesome
nora'H3372 →315 times
מְאֹ֑דvery
meodH3966 →300 times
וְלֹ֤אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
שְׁאִלְתִּ֙יהוּ֙I asked him
sheiltihuH7592 →171 times
אֵֽי־where?
ʾei-H335 →
מִזֶּ֣הfrom this
mizehH2088 →1180 times
ה֔וּא[was] he
hu'H1931 →1879 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שְׁמ֖וֹname his
shemoH8034 →864 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
הִגִּ֥ידhe told
higidH5046 →370 times
לִֽי׃to <the> me
li
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
it leads to
- Isaiah 44:6
Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- Daniel 10:8–10
So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
- Revelation 22:13
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
- Daniel 8:17–18
As he came near to where I stood, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”
- Isaiah 41:4
Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”
- Isaiah 44:6
Through
Acts 6:15All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
it leads to
- Matthew 13:43
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
- Ecclesiastes 8:1
Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
- Exodus 34:29–35
And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.
- Matthew 13:43
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About Judges
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ambrose of Milan, Letter 19.10-11; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.