Judges 13:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, Though you detain me, I will not eat your bread: but if you will offer a burnt offering, you must offer it to the LORD. For Manoah did not know that he was an angel of the LORD.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The angel of the Lord said to Manoah, "Even if you detain me, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to the Lord." (Manoah did not know he was an angel of the Lord.)

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the angel of Jehovah said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto Jehovah. For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of Jehovah.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Neuertheles ye angell of the LORDE answered Manoah: Though thou kepest me here, yet wyll I not eate of thy bred. But yf thou wilt make a burntofferynge vnto the LORDE, thou mayest offre it. (For Manoah wist not that it was an angell of the LORDE.)

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the Angel of the Lord said vnto Manoah, Though thou make me abide, I will not eate of thy bread, and if thou wilt make a burnt offring, offer it vnto the Lorde: for Manoah knewe not that it was an Angel of the Lorde.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the angel of the Lord sayde vnto Manoah: Though thou make me abide, I wil not eate of thy bread: And if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it vnto the Lorde. For Manoah wist not that it was an angell of the Lorde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, Though you detain me, I won't eat of your bread; and if you will make ready a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh. For Manoah didn't know that he was the angel of Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the messenger of Jehovah saith unto Manoah, `If thou detain me -- I do not eat of thy bread; and if thou prepare a burnt-offering -- to Jehovah thou dost offer it;' for Manoah hath not known that He `is' a messenger of Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the angel of Jehovah said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto Jehovah. For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the angel of Jehovah said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto Jehovah. For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of Jehovah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Though you keep me I will not take of your food; but if you will make a burned offering, let it be offered to the Lord. For it had not come into Manoah's mind that he was the angel of the Lord.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, "Though you detain me, I won't eat of your bread; and if you will prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh." For Manoah didn't know that he was the angel of Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The LORD’s angel said to Manoah,“If I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to make a burnt sacrifice to the LORD, you should offer it.”(He said this because Manoah did not know that he was the LORD’s angel.)

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 6:20 : 20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
  • Judg 6:26 : 26 And build an altar unto the LORD your God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which you shall cut down.
  • Judg 13:23 : 23 But his wife said to him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering at our hands, nor would he have shown us all these things, nor would he at this time have told us such things as these.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 13:6-15
    10 verses
    86%

    6Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like that of an angel of God, very awesome: but I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name:

    7But he said to me, Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

    8Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God whom you did send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do for the child who shall be born.

    9And God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her.

    10And the woman quickly ran and told her husband, and said to him, Behold, the man has appeared to me, who came to me the other day.

    11And Manoah arose and went after his wife and came to the man, and said to him, Are you the man that spoke to the woman? And he said, I am.

    12And Manoah said, Now let your words come to pass. How shall we raise the child, and what shall we do for him?

    13And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, Of all that I said to the woman let her beware.

    14She may not eat of anything that comes from the vine, nor let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.

    15And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, I pray you, let us detain you, until we have made ready a young goat for you.

  • Judg 13:17-23
    7 verses
    81%

    17And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, What is your name, that when your words come to pass we may honor you?

    18And the angel of the LORD said to him, Why do you ask my name, seeing it is secret?

    19So Manoah took a young goat with a grain offering, and offered it on a rock to the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.

    20For it happened, when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife watched it and fell on their faces to the ground.

    21But the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.

    22And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

    23But his wife said to him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering at our hands, nor would he have shown us all these things, nor would he at this time have told us such things as these.

  • 1 Kgs 13:15-19
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    74%

    15Then he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

    16And he said, I may not return with you, nor go in with you: nor will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place:

    17For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor return to go by the way that you came.

    18He said to him, I am a prophet also as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied to him.

    19So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.

  • Judg 13:2-4
    3 verses
    72%

    2And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children.

    3And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, you are barren and have no children: but you shall conceive and bear a son.

    4Now therefore beware, I pray you, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing:

  • 1 Kgs 13:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8And the man of God said to the king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you, nor will I eat bread or drink water in this place:

    9For so was it commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way that you came.

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    6 verses
    71%

    18Depart not hence, I pray you, until I come unto you, and bring forth my offering, and set it before you. And he said, I will wait until you come again.

    19And Gideon went in, and prepared a young goat, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: he put the meat in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

    20And the angel of God said unto him, Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.

    21Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.

    22And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.

    23And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto you; fear not: you shall not die.

  • Judg 6:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

    12And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor.

  • Gen 24:33
    67%

    33Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told my business." And he said, "Speak on."

  • Ps 78:25
    67%

    25Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.

  • 1 Kgs 19:7
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    7And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.

  • 1 Sam 2:15-16
    2 verses
    67%

    15Also, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who sacrificed, Give meat to roast for the priest, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw.

    16And if any man said to him, Let them burn the fat first and then take as much as you want; then he would answer him, No, but you shall give it to me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

  • 1 Sam 28:23
    66%

    23But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, urged him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the ground and sat on the bed.

  • Exod 16:15
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    15And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.

  • Num 15:19
    66%

    19Then it shall be, when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall offer up a heave offering to the LORD.

  • Deut 8:3
    65%

    3And he humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of the LORD does man live.

  • Gen 22:12
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    12And he said, Do not lay your hand upon the boy, nor do anything to him: for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son from me.

  • Exod 23:20
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    20Behold, I send an angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

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    4And they will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread; which you shall receive from their hands.

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    5Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

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    21Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat meat.

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    21And he cried to the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus says the LORD, Because you have disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you,