KJV King James Version
And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
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Judges 13:22
And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”
WEB World English Bible
Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Manoah saith unto his wife, ‘We certainly die, for we have seen God.’
Surrounding context — Judges 13
19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered [it] upon a rock unto the LORD: and [the angel] did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.
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.
22 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.
25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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Genesis 32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.Deuteronomy 5:26For 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?John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].Exodus 33:20And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.John 5:37And 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.Isaiah 6:5Then 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.Deuteronomy 4:38To 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.Judges 6:22And 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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