Judges 13:12
And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?
Judges 13:12 in other translations
| BSB | Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?” |
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| WEB | Manoah said, “Now let your words happen. What shall the child’s way of life and mission be?” |
| ASV | And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and how shall we do unto him? |
| YLT | And Manoah saith, ‘Now let thy words come to pass; what is the custom of the youth--and his work?' |
| DARBY | And Manoah said, When thy words then come to pass, what shall be the child's manner and his doing? |
| BBE | And Manoah said, Now when your words come true, what is to be the rule for the child and what will be his work? |
| Webster | And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do to him? |
What does Judges 13:12 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 13:8-14
Blessed are those who have not seen, and yet, as Manoah, have believed. Good men are more careful and desirous to know the duty to be done by them, than to know the events concerning them: duty is ours, events are God's. God will guide those by his counsel, who desire to know their duty, and apply to him to teach them. Pious parents, especially, will beg Divine assistance. The angel repeats the directions he had…
Judges 13:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 13:12
- Ephesians 6:4
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
- Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
- Genesis 18:19
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
- Proverbs 4:4
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
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Context
- Judges 13:11
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.
- Judges 13:12
And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?
- Judges 13:13
And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
Judges 13:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces Manoa dijo: Cúmplase pues tu palabra. ¿Qué orden se tendrá con el niño, y qué ha de hacer? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Manoah dit: Quand donc ta parole arrivera, quelle sera la règle du jeune garçon, et que devra-t-il faire? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Manoah sprach: Wenn nun dein Wort eintrifft, was soll die Weise des Knaben sein und sein Tun? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cui Manue: Quando, inquit, sermo tuus fuerit expletus, quid vis ut faciat puer? aut a quo se observare debebit? |