Exodus 33:23
And I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back. But my face you are not able to see.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
In Context
Cross References
Job 11:7By chance, will you comprehend the footsteps of God and reach all the way to the perfection of the Almighty?
John 1:18No one ever saw God; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he himself has described him.
1 Timothy 6:16who alone holds immortality, and who inhabits the inaccessible light, whom no man has seen, nor even is able to see, to whom is honor and everlasting dominion. Amen.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 33:13-23
Moses Petitions to See God's Glory. ( b. c. 1491.) 12 And Moses said unto the Lord , See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. 14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and… Read the whole commentary →