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Judges 13:23

World English Bible

But his wife said to him, “If Yahweh were pleased to kill us, he wouldn’t have received a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, and he wouldn’t have shown us all these things, nor would he have told us such things as these at this time.”

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Judges 13:23 in other translations

But his wife said unto him, If Jehovah were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.

Judges 13:23 · American Standard Version

Judges 13:23 in context

  1. 21But Yahweh’s angel didn’t appear to Manoah or to his wife any more. Then Manoah knew that he was Yahweh’s angel.
  2. 22Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”
  3. 23But his wife said to him, “If Yahweh were pleased to kill us, he wouldn’t have received a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, and he wouldn’t have shown us all these things, nor would he have told us such things as these at this time.”
  4. 24The woman bore a son and named him Samson. The child grew, and Yahweh blessed him.
  5. 25Yahweh’s Spirit began to move him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.