Judges 13:6
What does Judges 13:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 13:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then 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:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the woman cometh and speaketh to her husband, saying, `A man of God hath come unto me, and his appearance <FI>is<Fi> as the appearance of a messenger of God, very fearful, and I have not asked him whence he <FI>is<Fi> , and his name he hath not declared to me;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when she was come to her husband, she said to him: A man of God came to me, having the countenance of an angel, very awful. And when I asked him whence he came, and by what name he was called, he would not tell me:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man ofGod came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of an angel ofGod, very terrible; but I did not ask him whence he was, neither did he tell me his name.
Context
v.5for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
v.6This passage
v.7but he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb to the day of his death.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 6:15
And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
- Exodus 3:2
And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
- 1 Kings 17:24
And the woman said to Elijah, Now I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of Jehovah in thy mouth is truth.
- Judges 13:22
And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
- Revelation 1:17
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,
- 2 Kings 4:16
And he said, At this season, when the time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thy handmaid.