Judges 13 · Verse 15

Judges 13:15

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.
Judges 13:15, King James Version

Judges 13:15 in other translations

BSB“Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”
WEBManoah said to the LORD’s angel, “Please stay with us, that we may make a young goat ready for you.”
ASVAnd Manoah said unto the angel of Jehovah, I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee.
YLTAnd Manoah saith unto the messenger of Jehovah, ‘Let us detain thee, we pray thee, and prepare before thee a kid of the goats.'
DARBYAnd Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah, I pray thee, let us detain thee, and we will make ready a kid of the goats for thee.
BBEAnd Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you.
WebsterAnd Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.

What does Judges 13:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Jud 13:15-23. Manoah's Sacrifice.

15. Manoah said unto the angel ..., I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid--The stranger declined the intended hospitality and intimated that if the meat were to be an offering, it must be presented to the Lord [Jud 13:6]. Manoah needed this instruction, for his purpose was to offer the prepared viands to him, not as the Lord, but as what he imagined him to be, not even an angel (Jud 13:16), but a prophet or merely human messenger. It was on this account, and not as rejecting divine honors, that he spoke in this manner to Manoah. The angel's language was exactly similar to that of our Lord (Mt 19:17).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Until we shall have made ready a kid - Not knowing his quality, Manoah wished to do this as an act of hospitality.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 13:15-23
What Manoah asked for instruction in his duty, he was readily told; but what he asked to gratify his curiosity, was denied. God has in his word given full directions concerning our duty, but never designed to answer other questionings. There are secret things which belong not to us, of which we must be quite contented to be ignorant, while in this world. The name of our Lord is wonderful and secret; but by his wonderful works he makes himself known as far as is needful for us. Prayer is the ascent of the soul to God. But without Christ in the heart by faith, our services are offensive smoke; in him, acceptable flame. We may apply this to Christ's sacrifice of himself for us; he ascended in the flame of his own offering, for by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, He 9:12. In Manoah's reflections there is great fear; We shall surely die. In his wife's reflection there is great faith. As a help meet for him, she encouraged him. Let believers who have had communion with God in the word and prayer, to whom he has graciously manifested himself, and who have had reason to think God has accepted their works, take encouragement from thence in a cloudy and dark day. God would not have done what he has done for my soul, if he had designed to forsake me, and leave me to perish at last; for his work is perfect. Learn to reason as Manoah's wife; If God designed me to perish under his wrath, he would not give me tokens of his favour.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Judges 13:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
מָנ֖וֹחַma.No.achManoahH4495
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'Akh[the] angel ofH4397
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
נַעְצְרָה\־na'.tze.rah-let us detainH6113
נָּ֣אna'pleaseH4994
אוֹתָ֔ךְ'o.Takh<obj.> youH853
וְנַעֲשֶׂ֥הve.na.'a.Sehso we may prepareH6213
לְפָנֶ֖יךָle.fa.Nei.kha<to> before youH6440
גְּדִ֥יge.Dia kid ofH1423
עִזִּֽים\׃'i.ZimgoatsH5795

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 13:15

  • Genesis 18:3-5

    And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

  • Judges 13:3

    And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

  • Judges 6:18-19

    Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
let us.
6:18,19; Ge 18:3-5
until.Manoah, not knowing the quality of his guest, wished to do this as act of hospitality.
for thee. Heb. before thee.

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Context

  • Judges 13:14

    She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.

  • Judges 13:15

    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.

  • Judges 13:16

    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.

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Judges 13:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Manoa dijo al ángel de Jehová: Ruégote permitas que te detengamos, y aderezaremos un cabrito que poner delante de ti.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Manoah dit à l’Ange de l’ Éternel: Laisse-nous te retenir, et t’apprêter un chevreau.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Manoah sprach zu dem Engel Jehovas: Laß dich doch von uns aufhalten, so wollen wir dir ein Ziegenböcklein zubereiten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dixitque Manue ad angelum Domini: Obsecro te ut acquiescas precibus meis, et faciamus tibi hædum de capris.