Manoah said, “Now let your words happen. What shall the child’s way of life and mission be?”
Parallel translations
- KJV And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?
- BSB Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”
- NKJV Manoah said, “Now let Your words come to pass! What will be the boy’s rule of life, and his work?”
- NASB Then Manoah said, “Now when your words are fulfilled, what shall be the boy’s way of life and his vocation?”
- NLT So Manoah asked him, “When your words come true, what kind of rules should govern the boy’s life and work?”
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Cross-references · 4
- Eph 6:4You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- Prov 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
- Gen 18:19For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
- Prov 4:4He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
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