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Judges 13:22

World English Bible

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

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Judges 13:22 in other translations

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

Judges 13:22 · American Standard Version

Judges 13:22 in context

  1. 20For when the flame went up toward the sky from off the altar, Yahweh’s angel ascended in the flame of the altar. Manoah and his wife watched; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
  2. 21But Yahweh’s angel didn’t appear to Manoah or to his wife any more. Then Manoah knew that he was Yahweh’s angel.
  3. 22Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”
  4. 23But his wife said to him, “If Yahweh were pleased to kill us, he wouldn’t have received a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, and he wouldn’t have shown us all these things, nor would he have told us such things as these at this time.”
  5. 24The woman bore a son and named him Samson. The child grew, and Yahweh blessed him.