Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was childless, unable to give birth. New Living Translation In those days a man named Manoah from the tribe of Dan lived in the town of Zorah. His wife was unable to become pregnant, and they had no children. English Standard Version There was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and had no children. Berean Standard Bible Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children. King James Bible And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. New King James Version Now there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children. New American Standard Bible And there was a man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was infertile and had not given birth to any children. NASB 1995 There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children. NASB 1977 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children. Legacy Standard Bible And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children. Amplified Bible And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was infertile and had no children. Christian Standard Bible There was a certain man from Zorah, from the family of Dan, whose name was Manoah; his wife was unable to conceive and had no children. Holman Christian Standard Bible There was a certain man from Zorah, from the family of Dan, whose name was Manoah; his wife was unable to conceive and had no children. American Standard Version And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And there was one man from Tsada, from the tribe of Dan, and his name was MeNoah, and his wife was a barren woman and had not borne a child Brenton Septuagint Translation And there was a man of Saraa, of the family of the kindred of Dan, and his name was Manoe, and his wife was barren, and bore not. Contemporary English Version Manoah from the tribe of Dan lived in the town of Zorah. His wife was not able to have children, Douay-Rheims Bible Now there was a certain man of Saraa, and of the race of Dan, whose name was Manue, and his wife was barren. English Revised Version And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. GOD'S WORD® Translation There was a man from Zorah named Manoah. Manoah was from the family of Dan. His wife was not able to have children. Good News Translation At that time there was a man named Manoah from the town of Zorah. He was a member of the tribe of Dan. His wife had never been able to have children. International Standard Version There was one man from Zorah, from the family of the descendants of Dan, whose name was Manoah. Since his wife was infertile, she hadn't borne children. JPS Tanakh 1917 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bore not. Literal Standard Version And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name [is] Manoah, his wife [is] barren, and has not borne; Majority Standard Bible Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children. New American Bible There was a certain man from Zorah, of the clan of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren and had borne no children. NET Bible There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless. New Revised Standard Version There was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren, having borne no children. New Heart English Bible There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and did not bear. Webster's Bible Translation And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bore not. World English Bible There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless. Young's Literal Translation And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name is Manoah, his wife is barren, and hath not borne; Additional Translations ... Context The Birth of Samson1Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years. 2Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children. 3The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.… Cross References Joshua 19:41 The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh, Judges 2:1 Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, "I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, 'I will never break My covenant with you, Treasury of Scripture And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bore not. Zorah. Joshua 15:33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, Joshua 19:41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, barren Genesis 16:1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. Genesis 25:21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 1 Samuel 1:2-6 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children… Jump to Previous Bare Barren Bear Birth Bore Borne Child Childless Children Clan Danite Danites Manoah Mano'ah Sterile Tribe Wife ZorahJump to Next Bare Barren Bear Birth Bore Borne Child Childless Children Clan Danite Danites Manoah Mano'ah Sterile Tribe Wife ZorahJudges 13 1. Israel is delivered into the hands of Philistines2. An angel appears to Manoah's wife 8. The angel appears to Manoah 15. Manoah's sacrifices, whereby the angel is discovered. 24. Samson is born (2) There was a certain man. . . .--The narrative of the birth of Samuel (1Samuel 1:1) is similarly introduced. Zoran.--The name means "place of hornets." In Joshua 15:33 it is mentioned with Eshtaol among the towns north-east of the Shephelah, and it belonged to Dan (Joshua 19:41). Robinson identifies it with Surah, fourteen miles from Jerusalem, seven miles south of Yalo, west of Kirjath-jearim. It is mentioned again in 1Chronicles 11:10; Nehemiah 11:29. Its conical hill and abundant fountain made it a strong and convenient place. . . . Verse 2. - Zorah. Enumerated among the cities in the tribe of Dan in Joshua 19:41, but ascribed to Judah, ibid. 15:33 (there transliterated Zoreah) and in 2 Chronicles 11:10. Probably the boundary passed through the city, as that of Judah and Benjamin did through Jerusalem. In Nehemiah 11:29 it is transliterated Zareah, and also ascribed to Judah. It is almost always coupled with Eshtaol, as in ver. 25 of this chapter. It was situated in the Shephelah, or plain country, and was fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:10). It is supposed to be represented by the modern Surah, at the entrance of the Wady Ghurab. The family of the Danites. It appears from Numbers 26:42, 43 that there was only one family in the tribe of Dan, so that in this case tribe and family were co-extensive.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Now there wasוַיְהִי֩ (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a אֶחָ֧ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first man אִ֨ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person from Zorah מִצָּרְעָ֛ה (miṣ·ṣā·rə·‘āh) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6881: Zorah -- a city exchanged by Judah and Dan named וּשְׁמ֣וֹ (ū·šə·mōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 8034: A name Manoah, מָנ֑וֹחַ (mā·nō·w·aḥ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4495: Manoah -- father of Samson from the clan מִמִּשְׁפַּ֥חַת (mim·miš·pa·ḥaṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people of the Danites, הַדָּנִ֖י (had·dā·nî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1839: Danites -- descendant of Dan whose wife [was] וְאִשְׁתּ֥וֹ (wə·’iš·tōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female barren עֲקָרָ֖ה (‘ă·qā·rāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 6135: Sterile and had no וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no children. יָלָֽדָה׃ (yā·lā·ḏāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage Links Judges 13:2 NIVJudges 13:2 NLT Judges 13:2 ESV Judges 13:2 NASB Judges 13:2 KJV Judges 13:2 BibleApps.com Judges 13:2 Biblia Paralela Judges 13:2 Chinese Bible Judges 13:2 French Bible Judges 13:2 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 13:2 There was a certain man of Zorah (Jd Judg. 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