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Judges 13:22

Manoah
FearGod's holiness

20 When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.

21 And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.

“We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”

23 But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”

24 So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”
KJV
And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
WEB
Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”
ASV
And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
DARBY
And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
BLB
And Manoah said to his wife, “We will surely die, because we have seen God.”
ÅB
Og Manoah sa til hustruen sin: Vi må dø, for vi har sett Gud.
OTB
Manoah sa til sin kone: "Vi skal visselig dø, for vi har sett Gud!"
B1930
Og Manoah sa til sin hustru: Vi må visselig dø; vi har sett Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 32:30

    So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

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  • Deuteronomy 5:26

    For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?

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  • John 1:18

    No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

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  • Exodus 33:20

    But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”

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  • John 5:37

    And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,

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  • Isaiah 6:5

    Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

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  • Deuteronomy 4:38

    to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.

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  • Judges 6:22

    When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”

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