Judges 13:18
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
KJV
Cui ille respondit : Cur quæris nomen meum, quod est mirabile ?
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου Εἰς τί τοῦτο ἐρωτᾷς τὸ ὄνομά μου; καὶ αὐτό ἐστιν θαυμαστόν.
LXX
And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is wonderful?
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר לּ/וֹ֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה לָ֥/מָּה זֶּ֖ה תִּשְׁאַ֣ל לִ/שְׁמִ֑/י וְ/הוּא פֶ֛לִאי
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּשְׁאַ֤ל
ysh'l
verb · 176×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מַלְאַ֣ךְ
ml'k
noun · 212×
פֶ֛לִאי
pl'y
adjective · 3×
Doctrines that cite this verse
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§206In revealing his mysterious name, YHWH ("I AM HE WHO IS", "I AM WHO AM" or "I AM WHO I AM"), God says who he is and by what name he is to be called. This divine name is mysterious just as God is mystery. It is at once a name revealed and something like the refusal of a name, and hence it better expresses God as what he is - infinitely above everything that we can understand or …
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210226.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Cross-references
- Gen 32:29 — And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
- Isa 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prin
- Isa 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prin
- Judg 13:6 — Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither
- Prov 30:4 — Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and w
- Rev 19:12 — His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.