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ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
the
children
of
Israel
again did that
which
was
evil in the sight of Jehovah;
and
Jehovah
delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
Again the
Israelites
did evil in the sight of the
LORD,
so
He
delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for
forty years.
And
there was a certain
man of
Zorah, of
the family
of the Danites, whose name
was
Manoah;
and
his
wife was barren ,
and bare
not
.
Now
there was a man from
Zorah named
Manoah
, from
the clan
of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had
no
children
.
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.
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.
Now therefore
beware,
I
pray
thee,
and
drink no
wine nor
strong drink, and eat
not any
unclean thing:
Now please
be
careful
not
to
drink wine or
strong drink, and not to
eat
anything
unclean .
for ,
lo
, thou
shalt
conceive ,
and bear
a son ;
and no razor shall come upon
his head ;
for
the child
shall
be a Nazirite unto
God from the womb :
and he shall
begin to
save
Israel
out
of the hand of the Philistines.
For behold
, you
will
conceive and give
birth
to
a son .
And no razor shall come over
his head ,
because
the boy
will
be a Nazirite to
God from the womb ,
and he will
begin the
deliverance
of Israel
from
the hand of the Philistines. ”
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 :
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 .
but he said unto
me, Behold, thou
shalt
conceive ,
and bear
a son ;
and
now drink no
wine nor
strong drink, and eat
not any
unclean thing;
for
the child
shall
be a Nazirite unto
God from the womb to
the day of his death.
But he said to
me, ‘
Behold, you
will
conceive and give
birth
to
a son .
Now ,
therefore,
do
not
drink wine or
strong drink, and do
not eat
anything
unclean ,
because
the boy
will
be a Nazirite to
God from the womb until
the day of his death. ’”
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.
Then 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. ”
And God hearkened
to the voice of Manoah ;
and the angel of God came
again
unto
the woman as she sat
in the field :
but Manoah
her husband was not with her.
And God listened
to the voice of Manoah ,
and the angel of God returned
to
the woman as she was
sitting
in the field ;
but her husband Manoah
was not with her.
And
the woman made
haste,
and
ran ,
and
told
her husband, and
said
unto
him,
Behold, the man hath
appeared
unto
me,
that
came unto
me the `
other '
day .
The woman ran quickly
to
tell
her husband, “
Behold, the man who
came to
me the other day has
reappeared!”
And
Manoah arose,
and went
after
his wife ,
and
came to the man, and
said
unto
him
, Art
thou
the man that
spakest
unto
the
woman
? And
he
said,
I am.
So
Manoah got
up
and followed
his wife .
When
he
came to the man, he
asked
, “Are
you
the man who
spoke
to
my
wife
? ”
“
I am ,”
he
said
.
And
Manoah said
, Now
let
thy
words come to pass :
what shall
be the ordering
of the
child,
and `how'
shall
we
do
unto
him
?
Then
Manoah asked
, “When
your
words come to pass ,
what will
be the boy’s
rule
of life
and mission
? ”
And
the angel of Jehovah
said
unto
Manoah, Of
all
that
I said
unto
the
woman
let
her beware
.
So
the angel of the
LORD
answered
Manoah, “Your
wife
is
to
do
everything
I told
her.
She may
not eat of
anything that cometh
of
the vine, neither
let
her
drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any
unclean thing;
all
that
I commanded her let
her
observe
.
She must
not eat anything that comes
from
the vine, nor
drink any
wine or strong drink, nor eat anything
unclean .
She
must
do
everything
I have
commanded her. ”
And
Manoah said unto
the angel of Jehovah,
I
pray
thee,
let
us
detain
thee
, that
we may
make
ready
a kid
for thee
.
“Please
stay
here,”
Manoah said to
the angel of the
LORD
, “and
we will
prepare
a young
goat
for you
. ”
And the angel of Jehovah
said
unto
Manoah
, Though
thou
detain
me
, I will not eat of
thy
bread;
and
if thou
wilt
make
ready
a burnt -
offering, thou
must
offer it unto
Jehovah
. For Manoah knew
not that he
was the angel of Jehovah
.
And the angel of the
LORD
replied
, “Even
if
I
stay
, I will not eat your
food.
But
if you
prepare
a burnt offering, offer it to
the
LORD
. ”
For Manoah did
not know
that it
was the angel of the
LORD
.
And
Manoah said unto
the angel of Jehovah
, What is thy
name, that ,
when
thy
words
come
to
pass,
we may do
thee
honor?
Then
Manoah said to
the angel of the
LORD
, “
What is your
name, so
that we may honor you
when
your
word
comes
to
pass
? ”
And
the angel of Jehovah
said
unto
him,
Wherefore
askest
thou
after
my
name
, seeing
it is wonderful
?
“Why
do
you
ask
my
name,”
said
the angel of the
LORD
, “since
it is beyond
comprehension
? ”
So
Manoah took the
kid
with
the
meal-
offering ,
and offered it
upon
the
rock unto
Jehovah:
and
`
the angel'
did
wondrously,
and Manoah and his wife looked on.
Then
Manoah took a
young
goat
and
a
grain
offering and offered them
on
a
rock to
the LORD.
And as
Manoah and his wife looked on ,
the
LORD
did
a
marvelous
thing
.
For
it
came
to
pass,
when the flame went up toward
heaven
from off
the altar, that
the angel of Jehovah
ascended in the flame of
the
altar:
and
Manoah and his wife looked
on;
and
they fell on
their
faces
to the ground.
When the flame went up from the altar to
the
sky
, the angel of the
LORD
ascended in the flame .
When
Manoah and his wife saw
this,
they fell facedown
to the ground.
But
the angel of Jehovah
did no
more
appear to Manoah or
to
his wife .
Then
Manoah knew
that he
was
the angel of Jehovah
.
And
when
the angel of the
LORD
did not
appear again
to Manoah and
his wife ,
Manoah realized
that it
had
been
the angel of the
LORD
.
And
Manoah
said unto
his wife, We
shall
surely
die,
because
we have seen God .
“We
are
going
to
die,”
he
said to
his wife, “for
we have seen God !”
But his wife said
unto
him
, If Jehovah
were
pleased
to kill us, he would not have received
a
burnt -
offering and a
meal-
offering at
our hand
, neither
would he have showed
us all these things ,
nor
would
at
this time
have
told
such
things
as
these
.
But his wife replied
, “
If the
LORD
had
intended
to kill us, He would not have accepted
the
burnt offering and the
grain
offering from
our hands
, nor
would He have shown
us all these things or
spoken
to
us
this way
. ”
And
the woman bare
a son ,
and called
his
name
Samson :
and
the child
grew, and Jehovah
blessed him.
So
the woman gave
birth
to
a son and named
him
Samson .
The boy
grew, and the
LORD
blessed him.
And the Spirit of Jehovah
began to move
him in
Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
And the Spirit of the
LORD
began to stir
him at
Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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