“Manoah said to Yahweh’s angel, “What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honor you?””
— WEB
Judges 13:17
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“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?”
— KJV
“And Manoah said unto the angel of Jehovah, What is thy name, that, when thy words come to pass, we may do thee honor?”
— ASV
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Commentary
Manoah said unto the angel . . ., What is thy name?--Manoah's request elicited the most unequivocal proofs of the divinity of his supernatural visitor--in his name "secret" (in the Margin, "wonderful"), and in the miraculous flame that betokened the acceptance of the sacrifice.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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