Judges 13:17

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?”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

16And 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.

18“Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”

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Cross References

Genesis 32:30So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

Matthew Henry on Judges 13:16-24

Manoah's Alarm. ( b. c. 1161.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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