Then Abram fell facedown and God spoke with him:

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22 When Gideon realized that he was the angel of the Lord, he said, “Oh no, Lord God!(A) I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!” (B)

23 But the Lord said to him, “Peace to you. Don’t be afraid, for you will not die.”

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22 When Gideon realized(A) that it was the angel of the Lord, he exclaimed, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!”(B)

23 But the Lord said to him, “Peace! Do not be afraid.(C) You are not going to die.”(D)

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20 When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the Lord went up in its flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown on the ground.

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20 As the flame(A) blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground.(B)

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I had heard reports about you,
but now my eyes(A) have seen you.
Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them;
I am dust and ashes.[a][b]

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Footnotes

  1. 42:6 LXX reads I despise myself and melt; I consider myself dust and ashes
  2. 42:6 Lit I reject and I relent, concerning dust and ashes

My ears had heard of you(A)
    but now my eyes have seen you.(B)
Therefore I despise myself(C)
    and repent(D) in dust and ashes.”(E)

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Then I said:

Woe is me(A) for I am ruined[a]
because I am a man of unclean lips
and live among a people of unclean lips,(B)
and because my eyes have seen the King,
the Lord of Armies.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:5 Or I must be silent

“Woe(A) to me!” I cried. “I am ruined!(B) For I am a man of unclean lips,(C) and I live among a people of unclean lips,(D) and my eyes have seen(E) the King,(F) the Lord Almighty.”(G)

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28 The appearance of the brilliant light all around was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day.(A) This was the appearance of the likeness of the Lord’s glory.(B) When I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.(C)

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28 Like the appearance of a rainbow(A) in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.(B)

This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory(C) of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell facedown,(D) and I heard the voice of one speaking.

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17 So he approached where I was standing; when he came near, I was terrified and fell facedown.(A) “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision refers to the time of the end.”(B)

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17 As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate.(A) “Son of man,”[a] he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 8:17 The Hebrew phrase ben adam means human being. The phrase son of man is retained as a form of address here because of its possible association with “Son of Man” in the New Testament.

When the disciples(A) heard this, they fell facedown and were terrified.

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When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified.

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12 When Zechariah saw him, he was terrified and overcome with fear.(A)

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12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear.(A)

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When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’s knees and said, “Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord!” (A)

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When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”(A)

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