Judges 13:22
Good News Translation
Manoah said to his wife, "We are sure to die, because we have seen God!"

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

Contemporary English Version
Manoah said, "We have seen an angel. Now we're going to die."

New American Bible
said to his wife, “We will certainly die, for we have seen God.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to his wife: We shall certainly die, because we have seen God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said to his wife: We shall certainly die, because we have seen God.

We shall

Genesis 32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.

Exodus 33:20 And again he said: Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me, and live.

Deuteronomy 4:38 To destroy at thy coming very great nations, and stronger than thou art, and to bring thee in, and give thee their land for a possession, as thou seest at this present day.

Deuteronomy 5:26 What is all flesh, that it should hear the voice of the living God, who speaketh out of the midst of the fire, as we have heard, and be able to live?

Isaiah 6:5 And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.

we have

John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the Bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

John 5:37 And the Father himself who hath sent me hath given testimony of me: neither have you heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

Context
The Birth of Samson
21And the angel of the Lord appeared to them no more. And forthwith Manue understood that it was an angel of the Lord, 22And he said to his wife: We shall certainly die, because we have seen God.23And his wife answered him: If the Lord had a mind to kill us, he would not have received a holocaust and libations at our hands; neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor have told us the things that are to come.…
Cross References
Genesis 32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.

Exodus 3:6
And he said: I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Moses hid his face: for he durst not look at God.

Deuteronomy 5:26
What is all flesh, that it should hear the voice of the living God, who speaketh out of the midst of the fire, as we have heard, and be able to live?

Judges 6:22
And Gedeon seeing that it was the angel of the Lord, said: Alas, my Lord God: for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.

Judges 13:21
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