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Judges 13:22

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13:22Manoah said to his wife, “We will certainly die, because we have seen a supernatural being!”45

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  1. 45 Or “seen God.” Some take the Hebrew term אֱלֹהִים (’elohim) as the divine name (“God”) here, but this seems unlikely since v. 21 informs us that Manoah realized this was the Lord’s messenger, not God himself. Of course, he may be exaggerating for the sake of emphasis. Another option, the one followed in the translation, understands Manoah to be referring to a lesser deity. The term אֱלֹהִים (’elohim) is sometimes used of an individual deity other than the Lord (see 43 2.a). One cannot assume that Manoah was a theologically sophisticated monotheist.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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