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Judges 13:21–23

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21The angel of Yahweh did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, and then Manoah knew that he was a messengerl of Yahweh. 22And Manoah said to his wife, “We will certainly die because we have seen God.” 23But his wife said to him, “If Yahweh wanted to kill us he would not have takenm from our hand the burnt offering and the grain offering, or shown us all these things, or now announced to us things such as these.”

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  1. lOr “angel”
  2. mOr “accepted”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

The angel of the Lord appeared no more to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the Lord. And Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, for we have seen God.” But his wife said to him, “If the Lord had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering at our hands, or shown us all these things, or now announced to us such things as these.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

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

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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The angel of the Lord did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. Then Manoah realized that it was the angel of the Lord.

“We’re certainly going to die,” he said to his wife, “because we have seen God!”

But his wife said to him, “If the Lord had intended to kill us, he wouldn’t have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from us, and he would not have shown us all these things or spoken to us like this.”

NLTNew Living Translation

The angel did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. Manoah finally realized it was the angel of the Lord, and he said to his wife, “We will certainly die, for we have seen God!”

But his wife said, “If the Lord were going to kill us, he wouldn’t have accepted our burnt offering and grain offering. He wouldn’t have appeared to us and told us this wonderful thing and done these miracles.”

KJV 1900King James Version

But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the Lord. And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.