18And the messenger of Jehovah saith to him, 'Why is this — thou dost ask for My name? — and it is Wonderful.'


In Context

15 And Manoah saith unto the messenger of Jehovah, 'Let us detain thee, we pray thee, and prepare before thee a kid of the goats.'

16 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.

17 And Manoah saith unto the messenger of Jehovah, 'What is thy name? when thy words come to pass, then we have honoured thee.'

18 And the messenger of Jehovah saith to him, 'Why is this — thou dost ask for My name? — and it is Wonderful.'

19 And Manoah taketh the kid of the goats, and the present, and offereth on the rock to Jehovah, and He is doing wonderfully, and Manoah and his wife are looking on,

20 and it cometh to pass, in the going up of the flame from off the altar toward the heavens, that the messenger of Jehovah goeth up in the flame of the altar, and Manoah and his wife are looking on, and they fall on their faces to the earth,

Judges 13:18 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:18He replied, "Why do you ask my name? It is beyond understanding. "

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:18And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:18And he answered him: Why askest thou my name, which is wonderful?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:18And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is wonderful?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:18And the angel of the LORD said to him, |Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:18And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is wonderful?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:18And the angel of the LORD said to him, why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:18The angel of Yahweh said to him, |Why do you ask about my name, since it is wonderful?|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:18And the angel of the LORD said to him, Why ask you thus after my name, seeing it is secret?