Exodus 33:23
Then I'll take my hand away and you'll see my back; but you won't see my face.”
Free Bible 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 11:7Can you find out the mysteries of God? Can you discover all the wisdom of the Almighty?
John 1:18While no one has ever seen God, God the one and only, who is close beside the Father, has shown us what God is like.
1 Timothy 6:16He is the only one who is immortal, and lives in unapproachable light. No one has seen him or can see him—honor and eternal power is his! 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 →