Exodus 33:23

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 33:20 : 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.
  • John 1:18 : 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] .
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 13:12 : 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.
  • Job 11:7 : 7 Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
  • Job 26:14 : 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?

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  • Exod 33:12-22
    11 verses
    88%

    12And Moses said unto Jehovah, 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 favor in my sight.

    13Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show me now thy ways, that I may know thee, to the end that I may find favor in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

    14And he said, My presence shall go [with thee], and I will give thee rest.

    15And he said unto him, If thy presence go not [with me], carry us not up hence.

    16For wherein now shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in that thou goest with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth?

    17And Jehovah said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken; for thou hast found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name.

    18And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory.

    19And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

    20And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.

    21And Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock:

    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:

  • Job 13:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20Only do not two things unto me; Then will I not hide myself from thy face:

    21Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.

  • Job 23:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there] ; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;

    9On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

  • Exod 10:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in the day thou seest my face thou shalt die.

    29And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well; I will see thy face again no more.

  • Deut 31:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?

    18And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

  • Exod 3:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4And when Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

    5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

    6Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

  • Job 19:27
    71%

    27Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.

  • 1 Sam 24:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

    13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

  • Exod 34:33-35
    3 verses
    70%

    33And when Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.

    34But when Moses went in before Jehovah to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.

    35And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone; and Moses put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

  • Job 33:7
    70%

    7Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.

  • Job 7:8
    70%

    8The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.

  • Gen 18:17
    70%

    17And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;

  • Num 12:8
    70%

    8with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Jehovah shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?

  • Acts 7:32
    69%

    32I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

  • Isa 47:3
    69%

    3Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no man.

  • Job 27:11
    69%

    11I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

  • Ezek 1:28
    69%

    28As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

  • Exod 3:20
    69%

    20And I will put forth my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.

  • Exod 3:12
    69%

    12And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be the token unto thee, that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

  • Deut 32:20
    69%

    20And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.

  • Job 41:12
    69%

    12I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

  • Exod 33:3
    69%

    3unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people; lest I consume thee in the way.

  • Exod 34:3
    69%

    3And no man shall come up with thee; neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.

  • Exod 34:10
    68%

    10And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of Jehovah; for it is a terrible thing that I do with thee.

  • Gen 32:30
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    30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, [said he], I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

  • Job 42:5
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    5I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:

  • Job 13:24
    68%

    24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?

  • Judg 6:17
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    17And he said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.

  • Ps 27:8
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    8[ When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.

  • Job 9:11
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    11Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

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    5Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.