Judges 13:8
in Judges 13Then 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.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then Manoah entreated Jehovah, and said, Oh, Lord, I pray thee, let the man of God whom thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
KJV
Then Manoah intreated the Lord, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
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This verse in Judges 13
Commentary
6 notes on this verseBut he, informed of this, devoutly offered his prayers to God, that the grace of this vision might be conferred on him also, saying, "To me, Lord, let Thine Angel come." I am of opinion therefore that it was not from jealousy of his wife, because she was remarkable for her beauty that he acted thus, as one writer has supposed, but rather that he was filled with desire of the Divine grace, and sought to participate in the benefit of the heavenly vision.
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.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Then Manoah entreated the Lord,....
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,
He takes it for granted that this child of promise shall in due time be given them, and speaks without hesitation of the child that shall be born. There was not found so great faith, no, not in Zechariah, a priest, then in waiting at the altar of the Lord, and to whom the angel himself appeared, as was in this honest Danite.
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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The words behind it
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֶּעְתַּ֥ר | vaiye'tar | and he prayed | H6279 → | |
| מָנ֛וֹחַ | manoach | Manoah | H4495 → | 18 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַיֹּאמַ֑ר | vaiyomar | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| בִּ֣י | bi | pardon me | H994 → | 12 times |
| אֲדוֹנָ֔י | ʾadonai | O Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| אִ֣ישׁ | ʾish | [the] man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֞ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁלַ֗חְתָּ | shalachta | you sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| יָבוֹא־ | yavo'- | let him come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| נָ֥א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| עוֹד֙ | ʾod | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| אֵלֵ֔ינוּ | ʾeleinu | to us | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וְיוֹרֵ֕נוּ | veyorenu | so he may teach us | H3384 → | |
| מַֽה־ | mah- | what? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| נַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה | naaseh | will we do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לַנַּ֥עַר | lanaar | for the lad | H5288 → | 239 times |
| הַיּוּלָּֽד׃ | haiyulad | who is about to be born | H3205 → | 496 times |
וַיֶּעְתַּ֥רand he prayed
vaiye'tarH6279 →
מָנ֛וֹחַManoah
manoachH4495 →18 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַיֹּאמַ֑רand he said
vaiyomarH559 →5305 times
בִּ֣יpardon me
biH994 →12 times
אֲדוֹנָ֔יO Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
אִ֣ישׁ[the] man of
ʾishH376 →1663 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֞ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhom
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
שָׁלַ֗חְתָּyou sent
shalachtaH7971 →845 times
יָבוֹא־let him come
yavo'-H935 →2568 times
נָ֥אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
עוֹד֙again
ʾodH5750 →490 times
אֵלֵ֔ינוּto us
ʾeleinuH413 →5510 times
וְיוֹרֵ֕נוּso he may teach us
veyorenuH3384 →
מַֽה־what?
mah-H4100 →752 times
נַּעֲשֶׂ֖הwill we do
naasehH6213 →2628 times
לַנַּ֥עַרfor the lad
lanaarH5288 →239 times
הַיּוּלָּֽד׃who is about to be born
haiyuladH3205 →496 times
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
Acts 9:6“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
it leads to
- Acts 22:10
Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
- Acts 26:16
‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I…
- 1 Timothy 1:14–16
And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
- Acts 22:10
Through
Job 34:32Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
it leads to
- Psalms 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
- Psalms 25:4–5
Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
- Psalms 139:23–24
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
- Psalms 19:12
Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
- Psalms 143:8–10
Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
- Psalms 32:8
Where this verse is studied
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About Judges
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ambrose of Milan, Letter 19.11-12; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.