Exodus 33:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

He saith also, `Thou art unable to see My face, for man doth not see Me, and live;'

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  • Isa 6:5 : 5 And I say, `Wo to me, for I have been silent, For a man -- unclean of lips `am' I, And in midst of a people unclean of lips I am dwelling, Because the King, Jehovah of Hosts, have my eyes seen.'
  • Gen 32:30 : 30 And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for `I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;'
  • Exod 24:10 : 10 and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet `is' as the white work of the sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity;
  • John 1:18 : 18 God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father -- he did declare.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 who 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.
  • Deut 5:24 : 24 and say, Lo, Jehovah our God hath shewed us His honour, and His greatness; and His voice we have heard out of the midst of the fire; this day we have seen that God doth speak with man -- and he hath lived.
  • Judg 6:22 : 22 And Gideon seeth that He `is' a messenger of Jehovah, and Gideon saith, `Alas, Lord Jehovah! because that I have seen a messenger of Jehovah face to face!'
  • Judg 13:22 : 22 And Manoah saith unto his wife, `We certainly die, for we have seen God.'
  • Heb 1:13 : 13 And unto which of the messengers said He ever, `Sit at My right hand, till I may make thine enemies thy footstool?'
  • Rev 1:16-17 : 16 and having in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword is proceeding, and his countenance `is' as the sun shining in its might. 17 And when I saw him, I did fall at his feet as dead, and he placed his right hand upon me, saying to me, `Be not afraid; I am the First and the Last,

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    23and I have turned aside My hands, and thou hast seen My back parts, and My face is not seen.'

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    28and Pharaoh saith to him, `Go from me, take heed to thyself, add not to see my face, for in the day thou seest my face thou diest;'

    29and Moses saith, `Rightly hast thou spoken, I add not any more to see thy face.'

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    11And Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses face unto face, as a man speaketh unto his friend; and he hath turned back unto the camp, and his minister Joshua, son of Nun, a youth, departeth not out of the tent.

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    13`And now, if, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, cause me to know, I pray Thee, Thy way, and I know Thee, so that I find grace in Thine eyes, and consider that this nation `is' Thy people;'

    14and He saith, `My presence doth go, and I have given rest to thee.'

    15And he saith unto Him, `If Thy presence is not going -- take us not up from this `place';

    16and in what is it known now, that I have found grace in Thine eyes -- I and Thy people -- is it not in Thy going with us? and we have been distinguished -- I and Thy people -- from all the people who `are' on the face of the ground.'

    17And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Even this thing which thou hast spoken I do; for thou hast found grace in Mine eyes, and I know thee by name.'

    18And he saith, `Shew me, I pray Thee, Thine honour;'

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    2and be prepared at morning, and thou hast come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and hast stood before Me there, on the top of the mount,

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    4and Jehovah seeth that he hath turned aside to see, and God calleth unto him out of the midst of the bush, and saith, `Moses, Moses;' and he saith, `Here `am' I.'

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    8mouth unto mouth I speak with him, and `by' an appearance, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah he beholdeth attentively; and wherefore have ye not been afraid to speak against My servant -- against Moses?'

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    18And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off,

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    20Only two things, O God, do with me: Then from Thy face I am not hidden.

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    31and Moses having seen did wonder at the sight; and he drawing near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord unto him,

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