Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
20 While the flames were going up from the altar, Manoah and his wife saw the Lord's angel go up toward heaven in the flames. Manoah realized then that the man had been the Lord's angel, and he and his wife threw themselves face downward on the ground. They never saw the angel again.
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As the flame blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground.
22 Manoah said to his wife, "We are sure to die, because we have seen God!"
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“We are doomed to die!” he said to his wife. “We have seen God!”
23 But his wife answered, "If the Lord had wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted our offerings; he would not have shown us all this or told us such things at this time."
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But his wife answered, “If the LORD had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and grain offering from our hands, nor shown us all these things or now told us this.”
24 The woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and the Lord blessed him.
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The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson. He grew and the LORD blessed him,
25 And the Lord's power began to strengthen him while he was between Zorah and Eshtaol in the Camp of Dan.
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and the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him while he was in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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