Judges 13:12

And Manoah said, Now when your words come true, what is to be the rule for the child and what will be his work?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?

In Context

11And Manoah got up and went after his wife, and came up to the man and said to him, Are you the man who was talking to this woman? And he said, I am.

13And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Let the woman take note of what I have said to her.

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Cross References

Psalms 143:8Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning, for my hope is in you: give me knowledge of the way in which I am to go; for my soul is lifted up to you.

Proverbs 22:6If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

Matthew Henry on Judges 13:9-15

The Angel's Appearance to Manoah. ( b. c. 1161.) 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 showed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came… Read the whole commentary →

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