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Judges 13:22

Manoah
FearGod's holiness

20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

21 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.

And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.

24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 32:30

    And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:26

    For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

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  • John 1:18

    No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

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  • Exodus 33:20

    And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

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  • John 5:37

    And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

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  • Isaiah 6:5

    Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:38

    To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

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  • Judges 6:22

    And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.

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