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Judges 13:6

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So 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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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Commentary

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This site's exposition

the woman came and told

on Judges 13:6-7

She calls him a man of God with the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible, and says she did not ask where he came from and that he gave no name. Verse 18 shows the name would have been refused if she had asked. Her report adds a clause the angel did not speak at verse 5, to the day of his death, which fixes the vow as lifelong, and it leaves out the razor and the deliverance of Israel. Whether she was told more than verse 5 records or drew the conclusion herself, the text does not say.

The words behind it

25 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.

  • 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.

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.

Judges 13:17–18Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes to pass?”7 worksMatthew 28:3–4His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.7 works1 Samuel 9:6“Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”6 worksRevelation 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,6 worksActs 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.5 works2 Kings 4:9Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.5 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Daniel 10:11He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had said this to me, I stood up trembling.5 worksDaniel 8:17As 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.”5 worksDaniel 10:5I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.5 worksLuke 9:29And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.5 worksLuke 1:19“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.5 worksDeuteronomy 33:1This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.5 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.”4 worksJoshua 14:6Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.4 works1 Timothy 6:11But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.4 worksExodus 3:6Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.4 works1 Samuel 2:27Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?4 works1 Kings 17:18“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”4 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

    Revelation 1:17

    When 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.”

  • Through

    Acts 6:15

    All 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.

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 John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.

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