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World English Bible

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] Καὶ () προσέθεντο () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () ποιῆσαι () τὸ () πονηρὸν () ἐναντίον () κυρίου, () καὶ () παρέδωκεν () αὐτοὺς () κύριος () ἐν () χειρὶ () ἀλλοφύλων () τεσσαράκοντα () ἔτη. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ἀνὴρ () ἐκ () Σαραα ἐκ () τῆς () φυλῆς () τοῦ () Δαν, καὶ () ὄνομα () αὐτῷ () Μανωε, καὶ () ἡ () γυνὴ () αὐτοῦ () στεῖρα () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔτικτεν. ()
[3] Καὶ () ὤφθη () ἄγγελος () κυρίου () πρὸς () τὴν () γυναῖκα () καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτήν () Ἰδοὺ () δὴ () σὺ () στεῖρα () καὶ () οὐ () τέτοκας· () καὶ () ἐν () γαστρὶ () ἕξεις () καὶ () τέξῃ () υἱόν. ()
[4] Καὶ () νῦν () φύλαξαι () καὶ () μὴ () πίῃς () οἶνον () καὶ () σικερα () καὶ () μὴ () φάγῃς () πᾶν () ἀκάθαρτον· ()
[5] ὅτι () ἰδοὺ () σὺ () ἐν () γαστρὶ () ἕξεις () καὶ () τέξῃ () υἱόν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἀναβήσεται () σίδηρος () ἐπὶ () τὴν () κεφαλὴν () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () ἡγιασμένον () ναζιραῖον ἔσται () τῷ () θεῷ () τὸ () παιδάριον () ἐκ () τῆς () γαστρός, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἄρξεται () σῴζειν () τὸν () Ισραηλ () ἐκ () χειρὸς () ἀλλοφύλων. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἦλθεν () ἡ () γυνὴ () καὶ () εἶπεν () τῷ () ἀνδρὶ () αὐτῆς () λέγουσα () ὅτι () Ἄνθρωπος () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἦλθεν () πρός () με, () καὶ () ἡ () ὅρασις () αὐτοῦ () ὡς () ὅρασις () ἀγγέλου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἐπιφανὴς () σφόδρα· () καὶ () ἠρώτων, () πόθεν () ἐστίν, () καὶ () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () οὐκ () ἀπήγγειλέν () μοι. ()
[7] Καὶ () εἶπέν () μοι () Ἰδοὺ () σὺ () ἐν () γαστρὶ () ἕξεις () καὶ () τέξῃ () υἱόν· () καὶ () νῦν () μὴ () πίῃς () οἶνον () καὶ () σικερα () καὶ () μὴ () φάγῃς () πᾶσαν () ἀκαθαρσίαν, () ὅτι () ναζιραῖον θεοῦ () ἔσται () τὸ () παιδάριον () ἀπὸ () τῆς () γαστρὸς () ἕως () ἡμέρας () θανάτου () αὐτοῦ. ()
[8] Καὶ () ἐδεήθη () Μανωε τοῦ () κυρίου () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἐν () ἐμοί, () κύριε, () ἄνθρωπος () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () ὃν () ἀπέστειλας () πρὸς () ἡμᾶς, () ἐλθέτω () δὴ () πρὸς () ἡμᾶς () καὶ () φωτισάτω () ἡμᾶς () τί () ποιήσωμεν () τῷ () παιδαρίῳ () τῷ () τικτομένῳ. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἐπήκουσεν () ὁ () θεὸς () τῆς () φωνῆς () Μανωε, καὶ () παρεγένετο () ὁ () ἄγγελος () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἔτι () πρὸς () τὴν () γυναῖκα () αὐτῆς () καθημένης () ἐν () τῷ () ἀγρῷ, () καὶ () Μανωε ὁ () ἀνὴρ () αὐτῆς () οὐκ () ἦν () μετ’ () αὐτῆς. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἐτάχυνεν ἡ () γυνὴ () καὶ () ἐξέδραμεν καὶ () ἀπήγγειλεν () τῷ () ἀνδρὶ () αὐτῆς () καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτόν () Ἰδοὺ () ὦπταί μοι () ὁ () ἀνὴρ () ὁ () ἐλθὼν () πρός () με () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἀνέστη () Μανωε καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () ὀπίσω () τῆς () γυναικὸς () αὐτοῦ () πρὸς () τὸν () ἄνδρα () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Εἰ () σὺ () εἶ () ὁ () ἀνὴρ () ὁ () λαλήσας () πρὸς () τὴν () γυναῖκα; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () ἄγγελος () Ἐγώ. ()
[12] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Μανωε Νῦν () δὴ () ἐλθόντος () τοῦ () ῥήματός () σου () τί () ἔσται () τὸ () κρίμα () τοῦ () παιδαρίου () καὶ () τὰ () ἔργα () αὐτοῦ; ()
[13] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () ἄγγελος () κυρίου () πρὸς () Μανωε Ἀπὸ () πάντων, () ὧν () εἶπα () πρὸς () τὴν () γυναῖκα, () φυλαξάσθω· ()
[14] ἀπὸ () πάντων, () ὅσα () ἐκπορεύεται () ἐξ () ἀμπέλου, () οὐ () φάγεται () καὶ () οἶνον () καὶ () σικερα () μὴ () πιέτω () καὶ () πᾶν () ἀκάθαρτον () μὴ () φαγέτω· πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐνετειλάμην () αὐτῇ, () φυλαξάσθω. ()
[15] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Μανωε πρὸς () τὸν () ἄγγελον () κυρίου () Βιασώμεθα () δή () σε () καὶ () ποιήσομεν () ἐνώπιόν () σου () ἔριφον () αἰγῶν.
[16] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () ἄγγελος () κυρίου () πρὸς () Μανωε Ἐὰν () βιάσῃ () με, () οὐ () φάγομαι τῶν () ἄρτων () σου, () καὶ () ἐὰν () ποιήσῃς () ὁλοκαύτωμα, () κυρίῳ () ἀνοίσεις () αὐτό· () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔγνω () Μανωε ὅτι () ἄγγελος () κυρίου () ἐστίν. ()
[17] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Μανωε πρὸς () τὸν () ἄγγελον () κυρίου () Τί () ὄνομά () σοι, () ἵνα, () ὅταν () ἔλθῃ () τὸ () ῥῆμά () σου, () δοξάσωμέν () σε; ()
[18] Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () ὁ () ἄγγελος () κυρίου () Ἵνα () τί () τοῦτο () ἐρωτᾷς () τὸ () ὄνομά () μου; () Καὶ () αὐτό () ἐστιν () θαυμαστόν. ()
[19] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Μανωε τὸν () ἔριφον () τῶν () αἰγῶν καὶ () τὴν () θυσίαν () καὶ () ἀνήνεγκεν () ἐπὶ () τὴν () πέτραν () τῷ () κυρίῳ, () τῷ () θαυμαστὰ () ποιοῦντι () κυρίῳ· () καὶ () Μανωε καὶ () ἡ () γυνὴ () αὐτοῦ () ἐθεώρουν. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ἐν () τῷ () ἀναβῆναι () τὴν () φλόγα () ἐπάνωθεν τοῦ () θυσιαστηρίου () εἰς () τὸν () οὐρανὸν () καὶ () ἀνέβη () ὁ () ἄγγελος () κυρίου () ἐν () τῇ () φλογί, () καὶ () Μανωε καὶ () ἡ () γυνὴ () αὐτοῦ () ἐθεώρουν () καὶ () ἔπεσον () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () αὐτῶν () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν. ()
[21] Καὶ () οὐ () προσέθηκεν () ἔτι () ὁ () ἄγγελος () κυρίου () ὀφθῆναι () πρὸς () Μανωε καὶ () πρὸς () τὴν () γυναῖκα () αὐτοῦ· () τότε () ἔγνω () Μανωε ὅτι () ἄγγελος () κυρίου () ἐστίν. ()
[22] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Μανωε πρὸς () τὴν () γυναῖκα () αὐτοῦ () Θανάτῳ () ἀποθανούμεθα, () ὅτι () θεὸν () ἑωράκαμεν. ()
[23] Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () ἡ () γυνὴ () αὐτοῦ () Εἰ () ἐβούλετο () κύριος () θανατῶσαι () ἡμᾶς, () οὐκ () ἂν () ἐδέξατο () ἐκ () τῶν () χειρῶν () ἡμῶν () ὁλοκαύτωμα () καὶ () θυσίαν () καὶ () οὐκ () ἂν () ἐφώτισεν () ἡμᾶς () πάντα () ταῦτα () καὶ () οὐκ () ἂν () ἀκουστὰ ἐποίησεν () ἡμῖν () ταῦτα. ()
[24] Καὶ () ἔτεκεν () ἡ () γυνὴ () υἱὸν () καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () Σαμψων· () καὶ () ηὐλόγησεν () αὐτὸν () κύριος, () καὶ () ηὐξήθη () τὸ () παιδάριον. ()
[25] Καὶ () ἤρξατο () πνεῦμα () κυρίου () συμπορεύεσθαι () αὐτῷ () ἐν () παρεμβολῇ () Δαν ἀνὰ () μέσον () Σαραα καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () Εσθαολ.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.