Judges 13:15

Easy-to-Read Version

Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord , "We would like for you to stay a while. We want to cook a young goat for you to eat."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Please stay here,” Manoah told him, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”

Hebrew Names Version
Manoach said to the angel of the LORD, I pray you, let us detain you, that we may make ready a kid for you.

King James Version
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.

Lexham English Bible
And Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, "Please stay, and let us prepare a young goat for you."

English Standard Version
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord , "Please let us detain you and prepare a young goat for you."

New Century Version
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord , "We would like you to stay awhile so we can cook a young goat for you."

New English Translation
Manoah said to the Lord 's messenger, "Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat."

Amplified Bible
Then Manoah said to the Angel of the LORD, "Please let us detain you and let us prepare a young goat for you [to eat]."

New American Standard Bible
Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "Please let us detain you so that we may prepare a young goat for you."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Manoah then said vnto the Angell of the Lorde, I pray thee, let vs reteine thee, vntill we haue made readie a kid for thee.

Legacy Standard Bible
to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."

Contemporary English Version
"Please," Manoah said, "stay here with us for just a little while, and we'll fix a young goat for you to eat."

Complete Jewish Bible
Manoach said to the angel of Adonai , "Please stay with us a bit longer, so that we can cook a young goat for you."

Darby Translation
And 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.

George Lamsa Translation
Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, Let us detain you, and make ready a kid for you.

Good News Translation
Not knowing that it was the Lord 's angel, Manoah said to him, "Please do not go yet. Let us cook a young goat for you." But the angel said, "If I do stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to prepare it, burn it as an offering to the Lord ."

Literal Translation
And Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah, Please let us keep You, and prepare before You a kid of the goats.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Manoah sayde vnto ye angell of the LORDE: let vs holde the here (I praye the) we will prepare a kydd for the.

American Standard Version
And Manoah said unto the angel of Jehovah, I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee.

Bible in Basic English
And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Manoah sayde vuto the angell of the Lorde: I pray thee let vs retayne thee vntill we haue made redy a kyd before thee.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD: 'I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee.'

King James Version (1611)
And Manoah saide vnto the Angel of the Lord, I pray thee let vs deteine thee, vntill wee shall haue made ready a kid for thee.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain thee here, and prepare before thee a kid of the goats.

English Revised Version
And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee.

Berean Standard Bible
"Please stay here," Manoah said to the Angel of the LORD, "and we will prepare a young goat for You."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Manue seide to the `aungel of the Lord, Y biseche, that thou assente to my preieris, and we aray to thee a `kide of the geet.

Young's Literal Translation
And Manoah saith unto the messenger of Jehovah, `Let us detain thee, we pray thee, and prepare before thee a kid of the goats.'

Update Bible Version
And Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, I pray you, let us detain you, that we may make ready a young goat for you.

Webster's Bible Translation
And 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.

World English Bible
Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, I pray you, let us detain you, that we may make ready a kid for you.

New King James Version
Then Manoah said to the Angel of the LORD, "Please let us detain You, and we will prepare a young goat for You."

New Living Translation
Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord , "Please stay here until we can prepare a young goat for you to eat."

New Life Bible
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, "We ask of you, stay with us. So we may get a young goat ready for you to eat."

New Revised Standard
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord , "Allow us to detain you, and prepare a kid for you."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Manoah said unto the messenger of Yahweh, - I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready for thy presence, a kid.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Manue said to the angel of the Lord: I beseech thee to consent to my request, and let us dress a kid for thee.

Revised Standard Version
Mano'ah said to the angel of the LORD, "Pray, let us detain you, and prepare a kid for you."

THE MESSAGE
Manoah said to the angel of God, "Please, stay with us a little longer; we'll prepare a meal for you—a young goat."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "Please let us detain you so that we may prepare a young goat for you."

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord , "We would like for you to stay a while. We want to cook a young goat for you to eat." ¹⁶ The angel of the Lord said to Manoah, "Even if you keep me from leaving, I will not eat your food. But if you want to prepare something, offer a burnt offering to the Lord ." (Manoah did not understand that the man was really the angel of the Lord .) ¹⁷ Then Manoah asked the angel of the Lord , "What is your name? We want to know so that we can honor you when what you have said really happens." ¹⁸ The angel of the Lord said, "Why do you ask my name? It is too amazing for you to believe." ¹⁹ Then Manoah sacrificed a young goat on a rock. He offered the goat and a grain offering as a gift to the Lord and to the One Who Does Amazing Things. ²⁰ Manoah and his wife were watching what happened. As the flames went up to the sky from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up to heaven in the fire. When Manoah and his wife saw that, they bowed down with their faces to the ground. ²¹ He finally understood that the man was really the angel of the Lord . The angel of the Lord did not appear to Manoah and his wife again. ²² Manoah said to his wife, "We have seen God. Surely we will die because of this." ²³ But his wife said to him, "The Lord does not want to kill us. If he wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted our burnt offering and grain offering. He would not have shown us all these things or told us this."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

let us: Judges 6:18, Judges 6:19, Genesis 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

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:5 - And I Genesis 18:7 - General Genesis 18:8 - and they Genesis 27:9 - two 1 Samuel 9:7 - what shall 1 Kings 13:7 - refresh Hebrews 13:2 - some

Cross-References

Genesis 12:7
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your descendants." Abram built an altar to honor the Lord who appeared to him there.

Genesis 13:1
So Abram left Egypt. He traveled through the Negev with his wife and everything he owned. Lot was also with them.

Genesis 13:2
At this time Abram was very rich. He had many animals and much silver and gold.

Genesis 13:3
Abram continued traveling around. He left the Negev and went back to Bethel. He went to the place between the city of Bethel and Ai, where he and his family had camped before.

Genesis 13:4
This was where Abram had built an altar earlier. So he worshiped the Lord there.

Genesis 13:7
(The Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in this land at the same time.) The shepherds of Abram and Lot began to argue.

Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, "There should be no arguing between you and me or between your people and my people. We are all brothers.

Genesis 13:9
We should separate. You can choose any place you want. If you go to the left, I will go to the right. If you go to the right, I will go to the left."

Genesis 13:12
Abram stayed in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived among the cities in the valley. Lot moved as far as Sodom and made his camp there.

Genesis 15:18
So on that day the Lord made a promise and an agreement with Abram. He said, "I will give this land to your descendants. I will give them the land between the River of Egypt and the great river Euphrates.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord,.... Being satisfied with what he had said, and perceiving that he chose to say no more, and was about to depart:

I pray thee let me detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee; to eat a meal with them, in token of gratitude for the trouble he had been at in bringing these messages to them, taking him to be a man, a prophet of the Lord, for whom they were wont to make entertainments; and Abarbinel thinks Manoah proposed this, on purpose to detain him, in hope that while they were eating together he would reveal some secrets unto him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The language of Manoah, like that of Gideon Judges 6:18, seems to indicate some suspicion that his visitor was more than human. The word rendered “made ready,” is also the proper word for “offering a sacrifice,” and is so used by the Angel in the next verse. By which it appears that the Angel understood Manoah to speak of offering a kid as a burnt-offering. Hence, his caution, “thou must offer it unto the Lord.” (Compare Revelation 19:10; Revelation 22:8; Acts 10:25-26.)

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 13:15. Until we shall have made ready a kid — Not knowing his quality, Manoah wished to do this as an act of hospitality.