Exodus 33:23

and I have turned aside My hands, and thou hast seen My back parts, and My face is not seen.'

Young's Literal Translation

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

22and it hath come to pass, in the passing by of Mine honour, that I have set thee in a cleft of the rock, and spread out My hands over thee, until My passing by,

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Cross References

Job 11:7By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?

John 1:18God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father — he did declare.

1 Timothy 6:16who only is having immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no one of men did see, nor is able to see, to whom [is] honour and might age-during! 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 →

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