Judges 13:18

13:18 The Lord’s messenger said to him, “You should not ask me my name, because you cannot comprehend it.” ¹ 

Judges 18:5

18:5 They said to him, “Seek a divine oracle for us, ²  so we can know if we will be successful on our mission.” ³ 

Judges 18:15

18:15 They stopped ⁴  there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), ⁵  and asked him how he was doing. ⁶ 

Judges 20:27

20:27 The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

[13:18]  ¹ tn Heb “Why do you ask for my name, for it is incomprehensible?” The Hebrew adjective פִּלְאִי (pile’iy, “wonderful, incomprehensible”) refers to what is in a category of its own and is beyond full human understanding. Note the use of this word in Ps 139:6, where God’s knowledge is described as incomprehensible and unattainable.

[18:5]  ² tn Heb “Ask God.”

[18:5]  ³ tn Heb “so we can know if our way on which we are going will be successful.”

[18:15]  ³ tn Heb “turned aside.”

[18:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “Micah’s house.”

[18:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “they asked him concerning peace.”