Judges 13:22

22 “We are doomed to die!” he said to his wife. “We have seen God!”

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Judges 13:22 in Other Translations

KJV

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

ESV

22 And Manoah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, for we have seen God."

NLT

22 and he said to his wife, “We will certainly die, for we have seen God!”

MSG

22 He said to his wife, "We're as good as dead! We've looked on God!"

CSB

22 "We're going to die," he said to his wife, "because we have seen God!"

Judges 13:22 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 13:22

And Manoah said unto his wife
Being risen from the ground, where they fell on their faces:

we shall surely die, because we have seen God;
by which it appears that he not only believed him to be an angel, and not a man, but a divine Person; for though angels are sometimes called "Elohim", the word here used, yet good men were not wont to fear death, or conclude they should die on sight of an angel; but their notion was, that an appearance of God to them was death, and were surprised when it did not follow, ( Genesis 32:30 ) ( Judges 6:22 Judges 6:23 ) ( Exodus 33:20 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Judges 13:22 In-Context

20 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.

21 When the angel of the LORD did not show himself again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it was the angel of the LORD.

22 “We are doomed to die!” he said to his wife. “We have seen God!”

23 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 boy and named him Samson. He grew and the LORD blessed him,

Cross References 2

1. S Numbers 17:12; S Deuteronomy 5:26
2. S Genesis 16:13; Genesis 32:30; S Exodus 3:6; S Exodus 24:10; S Judges 6:22