Judges Chapter 13 verse 17 Holy Bible
And Manoah said unto the angel of Jehovah, What is thy name, that, when thy words come to pass, we may do thee honor?
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Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, What is your name, so that when your words come true we may give you honour?
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And Mano'ah said to the angel of the LORD, "What is your name, so that, when your words come true, we may honor you?"
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And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honor?
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And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass, we may do thee honor?
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Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honor you?
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And Manoah saith unto the messenger of Jehovah, `What `is' thy name? when thy words come to pass, then we have honoured thee.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - What is thy name? See note to ver. 6. The phrase is very peculiar, literally, Who is thy name? as if he had been going to say, Who art thou? and then changed the form to is thy name. The Hebrews seem to have attached great importance to names, a circumstance due, in part, to every name being significant in the spoken language (see Genesis 4:1, 25; Genesis 5:29; Genesis 16:5, etc.; Genesis 17:19; 25:25, 26; 29 and Genesis 30; 1 Samuel 1:20 Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 62:4; Jeremiah 23:6; Ephesians 1:21; Philippians 2:9, 10; Revelation 19:16, etc., and. many other passages). Compare also the phrase, the name of the Lord (Isaiah 30:27; Exodus 23:21; Exodus 33:19; Exodus 34:5, 6, 7). Manoah had certainly some suspicious as to the mysterious character of his visitor, and expected the name to reveal his true nature. We may do thee honour. Manoah seems throughout to use ambiguous language, suitable either to a man, if he was speaking to a man, or to a celestial visitant, should he be angel or God.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) What is thy name?--Comp. Genesis 32:29; Exodus 3:13; Proverbs 30:4.We may do thee honour.--Especially by a gift, which is the commonest Eastern notion of the word (Numbers 22:17; Jos. Antt. v. 8, ? 3).
