Judges 13:20
For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
KJV
Cumque ascenderet flamma altaris in cælum, angelus Domini pariter in flamma ascendit. Quod cum vidissent Manue et uxor ejus, proni ceciderunt in terram,
Vulgate
καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἀναβῆναι τὴν φλόγα ἐπάνω τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἀνέβη ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἐν τῇ φλογὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου· καὶ Μανῶε καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ βλέποντες, καὶ ἔπεσαν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.
LXX
For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
ASV
וַ/יְהִי֩ בַ/עֲל֨וֹת הַ/לַּ֜הַב מֵ/עַ֤ל הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֨חַ֙ הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יְמָ/ה וַ/יַּ֥עַל מַלְאַךְ יְהוָ֖ה בְּ/לַ֣הַב הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֑חַ וּ/מָנ֤וֹחַ וְ/אִשְׁתּ/וֹ֙ רֹאִ֔ים וַ/יִּפְּל֥וּ עַל פְּנֵי/הֶ֖ם אָֽרְצָ/ה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
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Historic Christian voices
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Cross-references
- 1Chr 21:16 — And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel,
- 2Kgs 2:11 — And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
- Ezek 1:28 — As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I
- Gen 17:3 — And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
- John 1:18 — No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
- Lev 9:24 — And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
- Matt 17:6 — And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.