Judges 13:18

New Century Version

The angel of the Lord said, "Why do you ask my name? It is too amazing for you to understand."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Why do you ask my name,” the angel of the Lord asked him, “since it is beyond understanding.”

Hebrew Names Version
The angel of the LORD said to him, Why do you ask after my name, seeing it is wonderful?

King James Version
And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?

Lexham English Bible
But the angel of Yahweh said to him, "Why do you ask my name? It is too wonderful."

English Standard Version
And the angel of the Lord said to him, "Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?"

New English Translation
The Lord 's messenger said to him, "You should not ask me my name, because you cannot comprehend it."

Amplified Bible
But the Angel of the LORD said to him, "Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful (miraculous)?"

New American Standard Bible
But the angel of the LORD said to him, "Why do you ask my name, for it is wonderful?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Angell of the Lorde saide vnto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, which is secret?

Legacy Standard Bible
that they were saying to you, "In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts."

Contemporary English Version
"No," the angel replied. "You don't need to know my name. And if you did, you couldn't understand it."

Complete Jewish Bible
The angel of Adonai answered him, "Why are you asking about my name? It is wonderful."

Darby Translation
And the Angel of Jehovah said to him, How is it that thou askest after my name, seeing it is wonderful?

Easy-to-Read Version
The angel of the Lord said, "Why do you ask my name? It is too amazing for you to believe."

George Lamsa Translation
And the angel of the LORD said to him, Why do you ask my name, seeing it is Glorious?

Good News Translation
The angel asked, "Why do you want to know my name? It is a name of wonder."

Literal Translation
And the Angel of Jehovah said to him, Why do you ask this about My name? Yea, it is Wonderful.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the angell of the LORDE sayde vnto him: Why axest thou after my name, which is wonderfull?

American Standard Version
And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is wonderful?

Bible in Basic English
But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the angel of the Lorde sayde vnto him: Why askest thou thus after my name, which is secrete?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the angel of the LORD said unto him: 'Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is hidden?'

King James Version (1611)
And the Angel of the Lord said vnto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why dost thou thus ask after my name; whereas it is wonderful?

English Revised Version
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is wonderful?

Berean Standard Bible
"Why do you ask My name," said the Angel of the LORD, "since it is beyond comprehension?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
To whom he answeride, Whi axist thou my name, which is wondurful?

Young's Literal Translation
And the messenger of Jehovah saith to him, `Why [is] this -- thou dost ask for My name? -- and it [is] Wonderful.'

Update Bible Version
And the angel of Yahweh said to him, Why do you ask after my name, seeing it is wonderful?

Webster's Bible Translation
And the angel of the LORD said to him, why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it [is] secret?

World English Bible
The angel of Yahweh said to him, Why do you ask after my name, seeing it is wonderful?

New King James Version
And the Angel of the LORD said to him, "Why do you ask My name, seeing it is wonderful?"

New Living Translation
"Why do you ask my name?" the angel of the Lord replied. "It is too wonderful for you to understand."

New Life Bible
But the angel of the Lord said to him, "Why do you ask my name? It is a name of wonder."

New Revised Standard
But the angel of the Lord said to him, "Why do you ask my name? It is too wonderful."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the messenger of Yahweh said unto him, Wherefore is it, that thou shouldst ask after my name, - seeing that, it, is Wonderful?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he answered him: Why askest thou my name, which is wonderful?

Revised Standard Version
And the angel of the LORD said to him, "Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?"

THE MESSAGE
The angel of God said, "What's this? You ask for my name? You wouldn't understand—it's sheer wonder."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the angel of the LORD said to him, "Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?"

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ Manoah said to the angel of the Lord , "We would like you to stay awhile so we can cook a young goat for you." ¹⁶ The angel of the Lord answered, "Even if I stay awhile, I would 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? Then we will 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 understand." ¹⁹ So Manoah sacrificed a young goat on a rock and offered some grain as a gift to the Lord . Then an amazing thing happened as Manoah and his wife watched. ²⁰ The flames went up to the sky from the altar. As the fire burned, the angel of the Lord went up to heaven in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw that, they bowed facedown on the ground. ²¹ The angel of the Lord did not appear to them again. Then Manoah understood that the man was really the angel of the Lord . ²² Manoah said, "We have seen God, so we will surely die." ²³ But his wife said to him, "If the Lord wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted our burnt offering or grain offering. He would not have shown us all these things or told us all this."

Bible Verse Review
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Why askest: Judges 13:6, Genesis 32:29

secret: or, wonderful, It was because his name was secret that Manoah wished to know it. But the angel does not say it was secret, but hoo pailee, "it is wonderful;" the very character given to the Messiah: "His name shall be called pailai, Wonderful," Isaiah 9:6.

Reciprocal: Judges 6:11 - an angel Proverbs 30:4 - and what Daniel 8:13 - that certain saint Revelation 19:12 - a name

Cross-References

Genesis 8:20
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord . He took some of all the clean birds and animals, and he burned them on the altar as offerings to God.

Genesis 13:4
and where he had built an altar. So he worshiped the Lord there.

Genesis 13:7
so Abram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen began to argue. The Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at this time.

Genesis 13:8
Abram said to Lot, "There should be no arguing between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, because we are brothers.

Genesis 14:13
One of the men who was not captured went to Abram, the Hebrew, and told him what had happened. At that time Abram was camped near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite. Mamre was a brother of Eshcol and Aner, and they had all made an agreement to help Abram.

Genesis 18:1
Later, the Lord again appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre. Abraham was sitting at the entrance of his tent during the hottest part of the day.

Genesis 23:2
She died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham was very sad and cried because of her.

Genesis 35:27
Jacob went to his father Isaac at Mamre near Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived.

Genesis 37:14
His father said, "Go and see if your brothers and the flocks are all right. Then come back and tell me." So Joseph's father sent him from the Valley of Hebron. When Joseph came to Shechem,

Numbers 13:22
They went through the southern area to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak lived. (The city of Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the angel of the Lord said unto him,.... Being so importunate, and pressing upon him;

why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret? and not to be known; as his nature and essence as a divine Person, which may be meant by his name, is what passes knowledge, is infinite and incomprehensible; see Proverbs 30:4 or "wonderful" p; which is one of the names of Christ, and fitly agrees with him, who is wonderful in his person, as God and man; in his incarnation, in his offices and relations, in his love to his people, and in all he is unto them, and has done for them;

Proverbs 30:4- :.

p פלאי θαυμαστον, Sept. "mirabile", V. L. Montanus; "mirificus", Junius & Tremellius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Secret - Rather, “wonderful,” as in the margin. In Judges 13:19 the Angel “did wondrously,” probably as the Angel that Appeared to Gideon had done, bringing fire from the rock. See the marginal references and notes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 13:18. Seeing it is secret? — It was because it was secret that they wished to know it. The angel does not say that it was secret, but הוא פלאי hu peli, it is WONDERFUL; the very character that is given to Jesus Christ, Isaiah 9:6: His name shall be called, פלא Wonderful; and it is supposed by some that the angel gives this as his name, and consequently that he was our blessed Lord.