Judges 13:22

Translations

Modern

“We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”

Traditional

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

Literal

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

Latin

…et dixit ad uxorem suam: Morte moriemur, quia vidimus Deum.

Original

Hebrew

English

“We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”

Notes

Judges 13:19–22

Humans 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.

Theme notes and profiles

Samson The Philistines

Related verses

Genesis 32:30
So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
Deuteronomy 5:26
For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
Exodus 33:20
But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
John 5:37
And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,
Isaiah 6:5
Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
Deuteronomy 4:38
…to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.
Judges 6:22
When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”

Parallels

Numbers 6:1–21

People

Manoah: Father of Samson, from the tribe of Dan

Glossary

Angel of the Lord Judges, Book of Manoah Philistia, Philistines Samson Tribe of Dan

Topics

Christ is God: Acknowledged by the Old Testament Saints Conception: Miraculous: Manoah's Wife Jesus, the Christ: Divinity of Acknowledged by Old Testament Saints Manoah: A Danite of Zorah and the Father of Samson

Judges 13:22

Translations?

Original?

Notes?

Related verses?

Parallels?