Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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 sons
of
Israel
add
to
do
the
evil thing
in the eyes
of Jehovah
, and
Jehovah
giveth
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 is
a certain
man of
Zorah, of
the family
of the Danite
, and
his
name
`is'
Manoah,
his
wife `is'
barren ,
and hath
not
borne;
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
a
messenger
of Jehovah
appeareth
unto
the woman ,
and saith
unto
her, `Lo,
I
pray
thee,
thou
`art'
barren ,
and hast
not
borne
; when
thou
hast
conceived,
then
thou
hast
borne
a son.
Now please
be
careful
not to
drink wine or
strong drink, and not to
eat anything
unclean .
And,
now ,
take
heed,
I
pray
thee,
and
do
not drink wine ,
and
strong drink, and do
not eat 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
art
conceiving
and bearing
a son ,
and a
razor doth
not
go
up
on
his head, for
a Nazarite
to God is
the
youth
from the womb, and he doth
begin to
save
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.
And
the woman cometh
and speaketh
to
her husband, saying,
`
A man of God hath
come
unto
me ,
and
his appearance `is'
as
the appearance
of a
messenger
of
God, very
fearful,
and
I have
not asked
him whence
he `is'
, and his
name
he hath
not declared
to
me ;
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. ’”
and
he saith
to me, Lo
, thou
art
pregnant,
and bearing
a son, and
now
do not drink wine and
strong drink, and do not eat any
unclean thing
, for
a Nazarite
to God is
the
youth
from the womb till
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. ”
And
Manoah maketh
entreaty
unto
Jehovah
, and
saith
, `
O ,
my
Lord, the man of God whom
Thou
didst
send,
let
him
come in,
I
pray
thee,
again unto
us ,
and
direct
us
what
we
do
to the youth
who is 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 hearkeneth
to the voice of Manoah, and the messenger
of God cometh
again
unto
the woman ,
and
she `is'
sitting in a
field ,
and
Manoah
her husband is
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 hasteth,
and
runneth,
and
declareth
to her husband, and
saith
unto
him
, `Lo,
he
hath
appeared
unto
me
--
the man who came on
`that'
day unto
me.'
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 riseth,
and goeth
after
his wife ,
and
cometh
unto
the man, and
saith
to
him
, `Art
thou
the man who spake
unto
the
woman
? '
and
he
saith,
`
I `
am '
. '
Then
Manoah asked
, “When
your
words come to pass ,
what will
be
the boy’s
rule
of life
and mission
? ”
And
Manoah saith
, `Now
let
thy
words come to pass ;
what is
the custom
of the
youth
--
and his
work
? '
So
the angel
of the
LORD
answered
Manoah, “Your
wife
is
to
do
everything
I told
her .
And
the messenger
of Jehovah
saith
unto
Manoah, `Of
all
that
I said
unto
the
woman
let
her take
heed;
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. ”
of
anything which
cometh
out
from the wine-
vine she
doth
not
eat
, and
wine and
strong drink she
doth
not
drink
, and
any
unclean thing
she doth
not
eat;
all
that
I have commanded her she
doth
observe
. '
“Please
stay
here,”
Manoah said
to
the angel
of the
LORD
, “and
we will
prepare a young
goat
for
you
. ”
And
Manoah saith
unto
the messenger
of Jehovah
, `Let
us
detain
thee,
we pray
thee,
and
prepare before
thee
a kid
of
the
goats
. '
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 messenger
of Jehovah
saith
unto
Manoah
, `
If thou
detain
me
--
I do
not eat of
thy
bread;
and
if thou
prepare a burnt -
offering --
to
Jehovah
thou
dost
offer it ;'
for Manoah hath
not known
that He
`is'
a
messenger
of Jehovah
.
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 saith
unto
the messenger
of Jehovah
, `
What `
is '
thy
name ?
when thy
words
come
to pass ,
then
we
have
honoured
thee.'
“
Why do
you
ask my name ,”
said
the
angel
of
the
LORD,
“since
it is beyond
comprehension?”
And
the
messenger
of
Jehovah
saith
to
him,
`
Why `is'
this
--
thou
dost
ask for
My name ?
--
and
it `
is '
Wonderful.'
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.
And
Manoah taketh
the
kid
of
the
goats,
and the
present,
and offereth
on the
rock to Jehovah,
and He
is
doing
wonderfully,
and
Manoah and his wife are
looking
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.
and
it
cometh
to
pass,
in
the going
up of
the
flame
from off
the altar toward
the heavens
, that
the messenger
of Jehovah
goeth
up
in the flame of
the
altar,
and
Manoah and his wife are
looking
on
, and
they fall
on
their
faces
to the earth,
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 the messenger
of Jehovah
hath
not added
again to appear
unto
Manoah ,
and unto
his wife, then
hath
Manoah known
that He
`is'
a
messenger
of Jehovah
.
“We
are
going
to
die,”
he
said
to
his wife, “
for we have seen God !”
And
Manoah
saith
unto
his wife, `We
certainly
die,
for 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
. ”
And
his wife saith
to
him
, `
If Jehovah
were
desirous
to put
us to
death
, He had
not received
from our hands burnt-offering
and
present
, nor shewed
us all these things ,
nor
as
`at
this'
time
caused
us to
hear
`anything'
like
this. '
So
the woman gave
birth
to
a son and named
him
Samson .
The
boy
grew
, and the LORD
blessed
him .
And
the woman beareth
a son ,
and calleth
his
name
Samson, and the youth
groweth,
and
Jehovah
doth
bless
him ,
And the Spirit of the
LORD
began
to stir
him at
Mahaneh-
dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
and the Spirit of Jehovah
beginneth
to move
him in
the
camp
of
Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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