Exodus 33:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back: but my face is not to be seen.

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  • Exod 33:20 : 20 But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only has life for ever, living in light to which no man may come near; whom no man has seen or is able to see: to whom be honour and power for ever. So be it.
  • 1 Cor 13:12 : 12 For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.
  • Job 11:7 : 7 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?
  • Job 26:14 : 14 See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 33:12-22
    11 verses
    88%

    12 And Moses said to the Lord, See, you say to me, Be this people's guide on their journey, but you have not made clear to me whom you will send with me. But you have said, I have knowledge of you by name, and you have grace in my eyes.

    13 If then I have grace in your eyes, let me see your ways, so that I may have knowledge of you and be certain of your grace; and my prayer is that you will keep in mind that this nation is your people.

    14 And he said, I myself will go with you and give you rest.

    15 And Moses said, If you yourself are not going with us, do not send us on from here.

    16 For is not the fact of your going with us the sign that I and this people have grace in your eyes, so that we, that is, I and your people, are separate from all other people on the face of the earth?

    17 And the Lord said to Moses, I will do as you say: for you have grace in my eyes, and I have knowledge of you by your name.

    18 And Moses said, O Lord, let me see your glory.

    19 And he said, I will make all the light of my being come before you, and will make clear to you what I am; I will be kind to those to whom I will be kind, and have mercy on those on whom I will have mercy.

    20 But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.

    21 And the Lord said, See, there is a place near me, and you may take your place on the rock:

    22 And when my glory goes by, I will put you in a hole in the rock, covering you with my hand till I have gone past:

  • Job 13:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20 Only two things do not do to me, then I will come before your face:

    21 Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

  • Job 23:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;

    9 I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him; and turning to the right, I am not able to see him.

  • Exod 10:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28 And Pharaoh said to him, Go away from me, take care that you come not again before me; for the day when you see my face again will be your last.

    29 And Moses said, You say truly; I will not see your face again.

  • Deut 31:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17 In that day my wrath will be moved against them, and I will be turned away from them, veiling my face from them, and destruction will overtake them, and unnumbered evils and troubles will come on them; so that in that day they will say, Have not these evils come on us because our God is not with us?

    18 Truly, my face will be turned away from them in that day, because of all the evil they have done in going after other gods.

  • Exod 3:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4 And when the Lord saw him turning to one side to see, God said his name out of the tree, crying, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

    5 And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

    6 And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.

  • Job 19:27
    71%

    27 Whom I will see on my side, and not as one strange to me. My heart is broken with desire.

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

    12 And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it.

    13 May the Lord be judge between me and you, and may the Lord give me my rights against you, but my hand will never be lifted up against you.

  • Exod 34:33-35
    3 verses
    70%

    33 And at the end of his talk with them, Moses put a veil over his face.

    34 But whenever Moses went in before the Lord to have talk with him, he took off the veil till he came out. And whenever he came out he said to the children of Israel what he had been ordered to say;

    35 And the children of Israel saw that the face of Moses was shining: so Moses put the veil over his face again till he went to the Lord.

  • Job 33:7
    70%

    7 Fear of me will not overcome you, and my hand will not be hard on you.

  • Job 7:8
    70%

    8 The eye of him who sees me will see me no longer: your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.

  • Gen 18:17
    70%

    17 And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do;

  • Num 12:8
    70%

    8 With him I will have talk mouth to mouth, openly and not in dark sayings; and with his eyes he will see the form of the Lord: why then had you no fear of saying evil against my servant Moses?

  • Acts 7:32
    69%

    32 I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.

  • Isa 47:3
    69%

    3 The shame of your unclothed condition will be seen by all: I will give punishment without mercy,

  • Job 27:11
    69%

    11 I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.

  • Ezek 1:28
    69%

    28 Like the bow in the cloud on a day of rain, so was the light shining round him. And this is what the glory of the Lord was like. And when I saw it I went down on my face, and the voice of one talking came to my ears.

  • Exod 3:20
    69%

    20 But I will put out my hand and overcome Egypt with all the wonders which I will do among them: and after that he will let you go.

  • Exod 3:12
    69%

    12 And he said, Truly I will be with you; and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have taken the children of Israel out of Egypt, you will give worship to God on this mountain.

  • Deut 32:20
    69%

    20 And he said, My face will be veiled from them, I will see what their end will be: for they are an uncontrolled generation, children in whom is no faith.

  • Job 41:12
    69%

    12 His breath puts fire to coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.

  • Exod 33:3
    69%

    3 Go up to that land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, for fear that I send destruction on you while you are on the way.

  • Exod 34:3
    69%

    3 No one is to come up with you, and let no man be seen anywhere on the mountain; let no flocks or herds come near to get their food at its foot.

  • Exod 34:10
    68%

    10 And the Lord said, See, this is what I will undertake: before the eyes of your people I will do wonders, such as have not been done in all the earth or in any nation: and all your people will see the work of the Lord, for what I am about to do for you is greatly to be feared.

  • Gen 32:30
    68%

    30 And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.

  • Job 42:5
    68%

    5 Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

  • Job 13:24
    68%

    24 Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?

  • Judg 6:17
    68%

    17 So he said to him, If now I have grace in your eyes, then give me a sign that it is you who are talking to me.

  • Ps 27:8
    68%

    8 When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.

  • Job 9:11
    68%

    11 See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.

  • Ps 139:5
    68%

    5 I am shut in by you on every side, and you have put your hand on me.