Exodus 33:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: 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 there shall no man see me, and live.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honour and power everlasting. Amen.
  • 1 Cor 13:12 : 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am 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] parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

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  • Exod 33:12-22
    11 verses
    88%

    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.

    13Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew 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.

    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 shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? [is it] not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that [are] upon the face of the earth.

    17And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.

    18And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.

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

    20And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

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

    22And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:

  • Job 13:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20Only do not two [things] unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

    21Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

  • Job 23:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

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

    9On the left hand, where 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 [that] 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
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    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 befall 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 evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

  • Exod 3:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4And when the LORD 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 shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; [though] my reins be consumed within me.

  • 1 Sam 24:12-13
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    12The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

    13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

  • Exod 34:33-35
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    70%

    33And [till] Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.

    34But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail 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 vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

  • Job 33:7
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    7Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.

  • Job 7:8
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    8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thine eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not.

  • Gen 18:17
    70%

    17And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

  • Num 12:8
    70%

    8With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

  • Acts 7:32
    69%

    32[Saying], I [am] the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

  • Isa 47:3
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    3Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet [thee as] a man.

  • Job 27:11
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    11¶ I will teach you by the hand of God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal.

  • Ezek 1:28
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    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 the LORD. And when I saw [it], I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

  • Exod 3:20
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    20And I will stretch out 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] a 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 froward generation, children in whom [is] no faith.

  • Job 41:12
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    12I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

  • Exod 33:3
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    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.

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

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

  • Job 42:5
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    5I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

  • Job 13:24
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    24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

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    17And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

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    8[When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

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