God’s Word Translation
Judges 13:22
22So Manoah said to his wife, “We will certainly die because we have seen God.”
Judges 13:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
- New International Version (NIV)“We are doomed to die!” he said to his wife. “We have seen God!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Manoah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, for we have seen God."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God!”
Context of Judges 13:22
20As the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the Messenger of the Lord went up in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they immediately bowed down with their faces touching the ground. 21The Messenger of the Lord didn’t appear again to Manoah and his wife. Then Manoah knew that this had been the Messenger of the Lord. So Manoah said to his wife, “We will certainly die because we have seen God.” 23But Manoah’s wife replied, “If the Lord wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted our burnt offering and grain offering. He would not have let us see or hear all these things just now.” 24So the woman had a son and named him Samson. The boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him.
Read all of Judges 13Judges 13:22 word by word
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר מָנ֛וֹחַ אֶל־אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ מ֣וֹת נָמ֑וּת כִּ֥י אֱלֹהִ֖ים רָאִֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Judges 13:22
- Genesis 32:30So Jacob named that place Peniel [Face of God], because he said, “I have seen God face to face, but my life was saved.”
- Exodus 33:20But you can’t see my face, because no one may see me and live.”
- Deuteronomy 4:38He forced nations greater and stronger than you out of your way to bring you into their land and give it to you. This land is your own possession today.
- Deuteronomy 5:26Who has ever heard the voice of the living God speak from a fire, as we did, and lived?
- Isaiah 6:5So I said, “Oh, no! I’m doomed. Every word that passes through my lips is sinful. I live among people with sinful lips. I have seen the king, the Lord of Armies!”
- John 1:18No one has ever seen God. God’s only Son, the one who is closest to the Father’s heart, has made him known.
- John 5:37The Father who sent me testifies on my behalf. You have never heard his voice, and you have never seen his form.
Commentaries on Judges 13:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22We shall surely die, because we have seen God - See the note on Judges 6:22.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-23Verses 15-23 What Manoah asked for instruction in his duty, he was readily told; but what he asked to gratify his curiosity, was denied. God has in his word given full directions concerning our duty, but never designed to answer other questionings. There are secret things which belong not to us, of which we must be quite contented to be ignorant, while in this world. The name of our Lord is wonderful and secret; but by his wonderful works he makes himself…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-22Humans cannot fully experience God's holy presence and survive (see Judges 6:20–24; Exodus 19:21; 33:20). The Old Testament often describes God appearing on earth in human form. These appearances point forward to God’s full and final appearance on earth in the incarnation of Jesus.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-2315. Manoah said unto the angel ..., I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid--The stranger declined the intended hospitality and intimated that if the meat were to be an offering, it must be presented to the Lord [Jud 13:6]. Manoah needed this instruction, for his purpose was to offer the prepared viands to him, not as the Lord, but as what he imagined him to be, not even an angel (Jud 13:16), but a prophet or merely human…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Judges 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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