Judges 13:17–18
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13:17Manoah said to the Lord’s messenger, “Tell us your name, so we can honor you when your announcement comes true.”3913:18The Lord’s messenger said to him, “You should not ask me my name, because you cannot comprehend it.”40
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- 39 Heb “Who your name? For [when] your word comes [to pass], we will honor you.” Manoah apparently gets tongue-tied and uses the wrong pronoun (“who” instead of “what”). He starts to say, “Who are you?” But then he switches to “your name” as if he began the sentence with “what.” See R. G. Boling, Judges (), .
- 40 Heb “Why do you ask for my name, for it is incomprehensible?” The Hebrew adjective פִּלְאִי (pile’iy, “wonderful, incomprehensible”) refers to what is in a category of its own and is beyond full human understanding. Note the use of this word in Ps 139:6, where God’s knowledge is described as incomprehensible and unattainable.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “What is your name, so that, when your words come true, we may honor you?” And the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?”
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Then Manoah inquired of the angel of the Lord, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes true?”
He replied, “Why do you ask my name? It is beyond understanding.”
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Then Manoah said to him, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your words come true?”
“Why do you ask my name,” the angel of the Lord asked him, “since it is beyond understanding?”
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NLTNew Living Translation
Then Manoah asked the angel of the Lord, “What is your name? For when all this comes true, we want to honor you.”
“Why do you ask my name?” the angel of the Lord replied. “It is too wonderful for you to understand.”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, “What is your name so that when your words come true we may honor you?” But the angel of Yahweh said to him, “Why do you ask my name? It is too wonderful.”
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KJV 1900King James Version
And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
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