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Judges 13 (WEBP)

[1] The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight; and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
[2] There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless.
[3] Yahweh’s angel appeared to the woman, and said to her, “See now, you are barren and childless; but you shall conceive and bear a son.
[4] Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don’t eat any unclean thing;
[5] for, behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son. No razor shall come on his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb. He shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”
[6] Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A man of God came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome. I didn’t ask him where he was from, neither did he tell me his name;
[7] but he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink. Don’t eat any unclean thing, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”
[8] Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, “Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you sent come again to us, and teach us what we should do to the child who shall be born.”
[9] God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field; but Manoah, her husband, wasn’t with her.
[10] The woman hurried and ran, and told her husband, saying to him, “Behold, the man who came to me that day has appeared to me.”
[11] Manoah arose and followed his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” He said, “I am.”
[12] Manoah said, “Now let your words happen. What shall the child’s way of life and mission be?”
[13] Yahweh’s angel said to Manoah, “Of all that I said to the woman let her beware.
[14] She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. Let her observe all that I commanded her.”
[15] Manoah said to Yahweh’s angel, “Please stay with us, that we may make a young goat ready for you.”
[16] Yahweh’s angel said to Manoah, “Though you detain me, I won’t eat your bread. If you will prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh.” For Manoah didn’t know that he was Yahweh’s angel.
[17] Manoah said to Yahweh’s angel, “What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honor you?”
[18] Yahweh’s angel said to him, “Why do you ask about my name, since it is incomprehensible?”
[19] So Manoah took the young goat with the meal offering, and offered it on the rock to Yahweh. Then the angel did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched.
[20] For when the flame went up toward the sky from off the altar, Yahweh’s angel ascended in the flame of the altar. Manoah and his wife watched; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
[21] But Yahweh’s angel didn’t appear to Manoah or to his wife any more. Then Manoah knew that he was Yahweh’s angel.
[22] Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”
[23] But his wife said to him, “If Yahweh were pleased to kill us, he wouldn’t have received a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, and he wouldn’t have shown us all these things, nor would he have told us such things as these at this time.”
[24] The woman bore a son and named him Samson. The child grew, and Yahweh blessed him.
[25] Yahweh’s Spirit began to move him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Judges 13:18 or, wonderful

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Judges 13 (KJVS)

[1] 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.
[2] 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.
[3] 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.
[4] Now therefore beware, () I pray thee, and drink () not wine nor strong drink, and eat () not any unclean thing:
[5] 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.
[6] 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:
[7] 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.
[8] 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. ()
[9] 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.
[10] And the woman made haste, () and ran, () and shewed () her husband, and said () unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared () unto me, that came () unto me the other day.
[11] 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.
[12] And Manoah said, () Now let thy words come to pass. () How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?
[13] And the angel of the Lord said () unto Manoah, Of all that I said () unto the woman let her beware. ()
[14] 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. ()
[15] 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.
[16] 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.
[17] 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? ()
[18] And the angel of the Lord said () unto him, Why askest () thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret? ()
[19] So Manoah took () a kid with a meat offering, and offered () it upon a rock unto the Lord: and the angel did () wondrously; () and Manoah and his wife looked on. ()
[20] 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.
[21] 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.
[22] And Manoah said () unto his wife, We shall surely () die, () because we have seen () God.
[23] 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 shewed () us all these things, nor would as at this time have told () us such things as these.
[24] And the woman bare () a son, and called () his name Samson: and the child grew, () and the Lord blessed () him.
[25] And the Spirit of the Lord began () to move him at times () in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Judges 13:12a Heb. What shall be the manner of the, etc
Judges 13:12b Or, what shall he do?
Judges 13:15 Heb. before thee
Judges 13:18 Or, wonderful

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Judges 13 (BYZ)

[1] και προσεθεντο οι υιοι ισραηλ ποιησαι το πονηρον εναντιον κυριου και παρεδωκεν αυτους κυριος εν χειρι αλλοφυλων τεσσαρακοντα ετη
[2] και εγενετο ανηρ εκ σαραα εκ της φυλης του δαν και ονομα αυτω μανωε και η γυνη αυτου στειρα και ουκ ετικτεν
[3] και ωφθη αγγελος κυριου προς την γυναικα και ειπεν προς αυτην ιδου δη συ στειρα και ου τετοκας και εν γαστρι εξεις και τεξη υιον
[4] και νυν φυλαξαι και μη πιης οινον και σικερα και μη φαγης παν ακαθαρτον
[5] οτι ιδου συ εν γαστρι εξεις και τεξη υιον και ουκ αναβησεται σιδηρος επι την κεφαλην αυτου οτι ηγιασμενον ναζιραιον εσται τω θεω το παιδαριον εκ της γαστρος και αυτος αρξεται σωζειν τον ισραηλ εκ χειρος αλλοφυλων
[6] και ηλθεν η γυνη και ειπεν τω ανδρι αυτης λεγουσα οτι ανθρωπος του θεου ηλθεν προς με και η ορασις αυτου ως ορασις αγγελου του θεου επιφανης σφοδρα και ηρωτων ποθεν εστιν και το ονομα αυτου ουκ απηγγειλεν μοι
[7] και ειπεν μοι ιδου συ εν γαστρι εξεις και τεξη υιον και νυν μη πιης οινον και σικερα και μη φαγης πασαν ακαθαρσιαν οτι ναζιραιον θεου εσται το παιδαριον απο της γαστρος εως ημερας θανατου αυτου
[8] και εδεηθη μανωε του κυριου και ειπεν εν εμοι κυριε ανθρωπος του θεου ον απεστειλας προς ημας ελθετω δη προς ημας και φωτισατω ημας τι ποιησωμεν τω παιδαριω τω τικτομενω
[9] και επηκουσεν ο θεος της φωνης μανωε και παρεγενετο ο αγγελος του θεου ετι προς την γυναικα αυτης καθημενης εν τω αγρω και μανωε ο ανηρ αυτης ουκ ην μετ αυτης
[10] και εταχυνεν η γυνη και εξεδραμεν και απηγγειλεν τω ανδρι αυτης και ειπεν προς αυτον ιδου ωπται μοι ο ανηρ ο ελθων προς με τη ημερα εκεινη
[11] και ανεστη μανωε και επορευθη οπισω της γυναικος αυτου προς τον ανδρα και ειπεν αυτω ει συ ει ο ανηρ ο λαλησας προς την γυναικα και ειπεν ο αγγελος εγω
[12] και ειπεν μανωε νυν δη ελθοντος του ρηματος σου τι εσται το κριμα του παιδαριου και τα εργα αυτου
[13] και ειπεν ο αγγελος κυριου προς μανωε απο παντων ων ειπα προς την γυναικα φυλαξασθω
[14] απο παντων οσα εκπορευεται εξ αμπελου ου φαγεται και οινον και σικερα μη πιετω και παν ακαθαρτον μη φαγετω παντα οσα ενετειλαμην αυτη φυλαξασθω
[15] και ειπεν μανωε προς τον αγγελον κυριου βιασωμεθα δη σε και ποιησομεν ενωπιον σου εριφον αιγων
[16] και ειπεν ο αγγελος κυριου προς μανωε εαν βιαση με ου φαγομαι των αρτων σου και εαν ποιησης ολοκαυτωμα κυριω ανοισεις αυτο οτι ουκ εγνω μανωε οτι αγγελος κυριου εστιν
[17] και ειπεν μανωε προς τον αγγελον κυριου τι ονομα σοι ινα οταν ελθη το ρημα σου δοξασωμεν σε
[18] και ειπεν αυτω ο αγγελος κυριου ινα τι τουτο ερωτας το ονομα μου και αυτο εστιν θαυμαστον
[19] και ελαβεν μανωε τον εριφον των αιγων και την θυσιαν και ανηνεγκεν επι την πετραν τω κυριω τω θαυμαστα ποιουντι κυριω και μανωε και η γυνη αυτου εθεωρουν
[20] και εγενετο εν τω αναβηναι την φλογα επανωθεν του θυσιαστηριου εις τον ουρανον και ανεβη ο αγγελος κυριου εν τη φλογι και μανωε και η γυνη αυτου εθεωρουν και επεσον επι προσωπον αυτων επι την γην
[21] και ου προσεθηκεν ετι ο αγγελος κυριου οφθηναι προς μανωε και προς την γυναικα αυτου τοτε εγνω μανωε οτι αγγελος κυριου εστιν
[22] και ειπεν μανωε προς την γυναικα αυτου θανατω αποθανουμεθα οτι θεον εωρακαμεν
[23] και ειπεν αυτω η γυνη αυτου ει εβουλετο κυριος θανατωσαι ημας ουκ αν εδεξατο εκ των χειρων ημων ολοκαυτωμα και θυσιαν και ουκ αν εφωτισεν ημας παντα ταυτα και ουκ αν ακουστα εποιησεν ημιν ταυτα
[24] και ετεκεν η γυνη υιον και εκαλεσεν το ονομα αυτου σαμψων και ηυλογησεν αυτον κυριος και ηυξηθη το παιδαριον
[25] και ηρξατο πνευμα κυριου συμπορευεσθαι αυτω εν παρεμβολη δαν ανα μεσον σαραα και ανα μεσον εσθαολ

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.