Exodus 33:23 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Then I will take my hand away, and you'll see my back, but my face must not be seen."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

ASV:

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

BBE:

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

DBY:

And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see me from behind; but my face shall not be seen.

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face shall not be seen."

YLT:

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

Exodus 33:23 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 33:20 But He said, "You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!"

John 1:18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

33:23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my {n} back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
(n) As much of my glory as in this mortal life you are able to see.

WES:

33:23 And I will take away my hand - Speaking after the manner of men. And thou shalt see my back - parts - The face in man is the seat of majesty, and men are known by their faces, in them we take a full view of men; that sight of God Moses might not have, but such a sight as we have of a man who is gone past us, so that we only see his back. Now Moses was allowed to see this only, but when he was a witness to Christ's transfiguration, he saw his face shine as the sun.

MHC:

33:12-23 Moses is very earnest with God. Thus, by the intercession of Christ, we are not only saved from ruin, but become entitled to everlasting happiness. Observe here how he pleads. We find grace in God's sight, if we find grace in our hearts to guide and quicken us in the way of our duty. Moses speaks as one who dreaded the thought of going forward without the Lord's presence. God's gracious promises, and mercy towards us, should not only encourage our faith, but also excite our fervency in prayer. Observe how he speeds. See, in a type, Christ's intercession, which he ever lives to make for all that come to God by him; and that it is not by any thing in those for whom he intercedes. Moses then entreats a sight of God's glory, and is heard in that also. A full discovery of the glory of God, would overwhelm even Moses himself. Man is mean, and unworthy of it; weak, and could not bear it; guilty, and could not but dread it. The merciful display which is made in Christ Jesus, alone can be borne by us. The Lord granted that which would abundantly satisfy. God's goodness is his glory; and he will have us to know him by the glory of his mercy, more than by the glory of his majesty. Upon the rock there was a fit place for Moses to view the goodness and glory of God. The rock in Horeb was typical of Christ the Rock; the Rock of refuge, salvation, and strength. Happy are they who stand upon this Rock. The cleft may be an emblem of Christ, as smitten, crucified, wounded, and slain. What follows, denotes the imperfect knowledge of God in the present state, even as revealed in Christ; for this, when compared with the heavenly sight of him. is but like seeing a man that is gone by, whose back only is to be seen. God in Christ, as he is, even the fullest and brightest displays of his glory, grace, and goodness, are reserved to another state.

CONC:

Aside Behind Face Hands Hast

Face Hand Hands Parts Remove Turned

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