Judges 13:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ But the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why do you ask my name? It is too wonderful.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And the Angel of the Lord said to him, Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful? [Isa. 9:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁸ The LORD’s messenger responded to him, “Why do you ask my name? You couldn’t understand it.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And he answered him, "Why do you ask my name, which is a wonder?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Judges 13:18 Cross References

Genesis 32:29

Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him.

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life is preserved.”

Nehemiah 9:5

Then the Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, “Stand up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.”

Exodus 23:21

Be attentive to him and listen to his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.

Isaiah 9:5

For all the boots of the tramping warriors and all the garments rolled in blood shall be burned as fuel for the fire.

Isaiah 9:6

For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders, and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Judges 13:6

Then the woman came and told her husband, “A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like that of an angel of God, most awe-inspiring; I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name,