Exodus 33:23
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
KJV
tollamque manum meam, et videbis posteriora mea : faciem autem meam videre non poteris.
Vulgate
καὶ ἀφελῶ τὴν χεῖρα, καὶ τότε ὄψῃ τὰ ὀπίσω μου, τὸ δὲ πρόσωπόν μου οὐκ ὀφθήσεταί σοι.
LXX
and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back; but my face shall not be seen.
ASV
וַ/הֲסִרֹתִי֙ אֶת כַּפִּ֔/י וְ/רָאִ֖יתָ אֶת אֲחֹרָ֑/י וּ/פָנַ֖/י לֹ֥א יֵרָאֽוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָח֑וֹר
'chvr
noun · 41×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
כַּ֥ף
kp
noun · 191×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2583After Elijah had learned mercy during his retreat at the Wadi Cherith, he teaches the widow of Zarephath to believe in the Word of God and confirms her faith by his urgent prayer: God brings the widow's child back to life.33 The sacrifice on Mount Carmel is a decisive test for the faith of the People of God. In response to Elijah's plea, "Answer me, O LORD, answer me," the Lord…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 13:12 — 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.
- 1Tim 6:16 — 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.
- Exod 24:10 — And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
- Exod 33:20 — And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
- Job 11:7 — Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
- Job 26:14 — 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?
- John 1:18 — No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
- Num 12:8 — With 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?