Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
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
the children
of
Israel
did evil again
in the sight of the LORD ;
and
the
LORD
delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
Now
there was a man from
Zorah named
Manoah
, from
the clan
of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had
no
children
.
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
.
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.
And
the angel of the LORD appeared unto
the woman ,
and said unto
her, Behold
now,
thou
art
barren ,
and bearest
not:
but thou
shalt
conceive ,
and bear
a son.
Now please
be
careful
not
to
drink wine or
strong drink, and not
to
eat anything
unclean .
Now therefore
beware,
I
pray
thee,
and
drink not
wine nor
strong drink, and eat not
any
unclean thing:
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. ”
For, lo,
thou
shalt
conceive ,
and bear
a son ;
and no razor shall come on
his head :
for
the child
shall
be a Nazarite
unto
God from the womb :
and he shall
begin to
deliver
Israel out
of
the hand of the Philistines.
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 .
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 :
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. ’”
But he said unto
me, Behold, thou
shalt
conceive ,
and bear
a son ;
and
now drink no
wine nor
strong drink, neither
eat any
unclean thing:
for
the child
shall
be a Nazarite
to God from the womb to
the day of his death.
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. ”
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.
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 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.
The woman ran quickly
to
tell
her husband, “
Behold, the man who
came to
me the other day has
reappeared!”
And
the woman made
haste,
and
ran ,
and
showed
her husband, and
said
unto
him,
Behold, the man hath
appeared
unto
me,
that
came unto
me the other day .
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 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
.
Then
Manoah asked
, “When
your
words come to pass ,
what
will
be
the boy’s
rule
of
life
and mission
? ”
And
Manoah said
, Now
let
thy
words come to pass .
How
shall
we
order
the child,
and how
shall
we
do
unto
him
?
So
the angel of the LORD answered
Manoah, “Your
wife
is
to
do
everything
I told
her.
And
the angel of the LORD said
unto
Manoah, Of
all
that
I said
unto
the
woman
let
her beware
.
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. ”
She may
not eat of
any
thing
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
.
“Please
stay
here,”
Manoah said to
the angel of the LORD, “and
we will
prepare
a young
goat
for you
. ”
And
Manoah said unto
the angel of the LORD, I
pray
thee,
let
us
detain
thee,
until
we shall
have
made
ready
a kid
for thee
.
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 the angel of the LORD said
unto
Manoah
, Though
thou
detain
me
, I will not eat of
thy
bread:
and
if thou
wilt
offer
a burnt offering, thou
must
offer it unto
the LORD. For Manoah knew
not that he
was an
angel of the LORD.
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
Manoah said unto
the angel of the LORD, What is thy
name, that when thy
sayings
come
to pass we
may
do
thee
honor
?
“Why
do
you
ask
my
name,”
said
the angel of the LORD, “since
it is beyond
comprehension
? ”
And
the angel of the LORD said
unto
him
, Why
askest
thou
thus
after
my
name,
seeing
it is secret
?
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
.
So
Manoah took a kid
with
a meat
offering ,
and offered it
upon
a rock unto
the LORD :
and the
angel
did
wonderously;
and
Manoah and his wife looked on.
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.
For
it
came
to
pass,
when the flame went up toward
heaven
from off
the altar, that
the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of
the
altar
. And
Manoah and his wife looked
on
it
, and
fell on
their
faces
to the ground.
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.
But
the angel of the LORD did no
more
appear to Manoah and to
his wife .
Then
Manoah knew
that he
was
an
angel of the LORD.
“We
are
going
to
die,”
he
said to
his wife, “for
we have seen God !”
And
Manoah
said unto
his wife, We shall
surely
die,
because
we
have seen God .
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
. ”
But his wife said
unto
him
, If the LORD were
pleased
to kill us, he would not have received
a
burnt offering and a
meat
offering at
our hands, neither
would he have showed
us all these things ,
nor
would
as
at
this time
have
told
us
such
things
as
these
.
So
the woman gave
birth
to
a son and named
him
Samson .
The boy
grew, and the LORD blessed him.
And
the woman bare
a son ,
and called
his
name
Samson :
and
the child
grew, and the LORD blessed him.
And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir
him at Mahaneh-
dan ,
between Zorah and Eshtaol.
And the Spirit of the LORD began to move
him at times
in
the
camp
of
Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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