12 So Manoah asked him, "When your words are fulfilled, what is to be the rule that governs the boy's life and work?"
12 And Manoah said, "Now when your words come true, what is to be the child's manner of life, and what is his mission?"
12 Manoah said, "So. When what you say comes true, what do you have to tell us about this boy and his work?"
12 Manoah said, "Now let Your words come to pass! What will be the boy's rule of life, and his work?"
12 So Manoah asked him, "When your words come true, what kind of rules should govern the boy's life and work?"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 13:12
Commentary on Judges 13:8-14
(Read Judges 13:8-14)
Blessed are those who have not seen, and yet, as Manoah, have believed. Good men are more careful and desirous to know the duty to be done by them, than to know the events concerning them: duty is ours, events are God's. God will guide those by his counsel, who desire to know their duty, and apply to him to teach them. Pious parents, especially, will beg Divine assistance. The angel repeats the directions he had before given. There is need of much care for the right ordering both of ourselves and our children, that we may be duly separate from the world, and living sacrifices to the Lord.