Judges 13:22

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 from the altar toward the sky, the Lord’s messenger went up in it while Manoah and his wife watched. They fell facedown to the ground. 21The Lord’s messenger did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. After all this happened Manoah realized that the visitor had been the Lord’s messenger. Manoah said to his wife, “We will certainly die, because we have seen a supernatural being!” 23But his wife said to him, “If the Lord wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from us. He would not have shown us all these things, or have spoken to us like this just now.” 24Manoah’s wife gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and the Lord empowered him.

Judges 13:22 word by word

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר מָנ֛וֹחַ אֶל־אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ מ֣וֹת נָמ֑וּת כִּ֥י אֱלֹהִ֖ים רָאִֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Manoahמָנוֹחַmânôach · ManoahH4495
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto his wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• We shall surelyמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• because we have seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Judges 13:22

• Genesis 32:30So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, “Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”
• Exodus 33:20But he added, “You cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live.”
• Deuteronomy 4:38to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property.
• Deuteronomy 5:26Who is there from the entire human race who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the middle of the fire as we have, and has lived?
• Isaiah 6:5I said, “Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies.”
• John 1:18No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.
• John 5:37And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time,

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

Topics related to Judges 13:22

• Conception
• Jesus, the Christ
• Manoah

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Conceive
• Detain
• Manoah
• Samson
• Intercession
• Israel, History of
• Judges, Book of
• Judges, Period of

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