Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Then I'll remove my hand so you may see my back, but my face must not be seen."
New American Standard Bible
Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but
King James Version
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
Holman Bible
Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back, but My face will not be seen.”
A Conservative Version
And I will take away my hand, and thou shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.
American Standard Version
and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back; but my face shall not be seen.
Amplified
Then I will take away My hand and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.”
Bible in Basic English
Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back: but my face is not to be seen.
Darby Translation
And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see me from behind; but my face shall not be seen.
Julia Smith Translation
And I turned aside my hand, and thou sawest behind me: and they shall not see my face.
King James 2000
And I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back: but my face shall not be seen.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will remove my hand, and you will see my back, but my face will not be visible."
Modern King James verseion
And I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back parts. But My face shall not be seen.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And then I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen."
NET Bible
Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back, but my face must not be seen."
New Heart English Bible
then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face shall not be seen."
The Emphasized Bible
Then will I take away my hand, and thou shalt see behind me, But, my face, must not be seen.
Webster
And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
World English Bible
then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face shall not be seen."
Youngs Literal Translation
and I have turned aside My hands, and thou hast seen My back parts, and My face is not seen.'
Themes
Communion with God » Exemplified » moses
Condescension of God » Indulges moses' prayer to behold his glory
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » God's glory shown to moses
Glory » Of God » Exhibited to moses
Interlinear
Kaph
Ra'ah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 33:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses Sees God's Glory
22 and as my glory passes by, I'll put you in a crevice in the rock, and cover you with my hand until I've passed by. 23 Then I'll remove my hand so you may see my back, but my face must not be seen."
Cross References
Exodus 33:20
But," he said, "You cannot see my face, because a man cannot see me and live."
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God. The unique God, who is close to the Father's side, has revealed him.
1 Timothy 6:16
He alone has endless life and lives in inaccessible light. No one has ever seen him, nor can anyone see him. Honor and eternal power belong to him! Amen.
Job 11:7
"Can you search through God's complex things? Can you uncover the limits of the Almighty?
Job 26:14
Indeed, these are the fringes of his ways, and how faint is the whisper we've heard of it! But who can comprehend the thunder of his might?"
1 Corinthians 13:12
Now we see only an indistinct image in a mirror, but then we will be face to face. Now what I know is incomplete, but then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.