Exodus 33:23

Exodus chapter 33 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back; but my face shall not be seen.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back; but my face shall not be seen.

Context

v.22and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by:

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Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Corinthians 13:12

    For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.

  • 1 Timothy 6:16

    who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power eternal. Amen.

  • Job 26:14

    Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?

  • 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.

  • Job 11:7

    Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

  • Exodus 33:20

    And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.