Judges 13:22 ““We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!””

Judges 13:22

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And Manoah said vnto his wife, We shall surely dye, because we haue seene God.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And Manoah saith unto his wife, 'We certainly die, for we have seen God.'

Bible in Basic English

And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen.

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Cross references

“We shall”

Genesis 32:30 Deuteronomy 5:26 Exodus 33:20 Isaiah 6:5 Deuteronomy 4:38

Genesis 32:30 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 5:26 · BSB

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

Exodus 33:20 · BSB

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

Isaiah 6:5 · BSB

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.”

Deuteronomy 4:38 · BSB

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.

“we have”

John 1:18 John 5:37

John 1:18 · BSB

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.

John 5:37 · BSB

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

Also

Judges 6:22

Judges 6:22 · BSB

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!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21And 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.

23But 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.”

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