2 Corinthians 3:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory that was being set aside.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ and not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ Nor [do we act] like Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze upon the finish of the vanishing [splendor which had been upon it].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ and are not as Moses, who put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel should not look stedfastly on the end of that which was passing away:

Common English Bible

¹³ We aren’t like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the Israelites couldn’t watch the end of what was fading away.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ and not as Moses did, in placing a veil over his face, so that the sons of Israel would not gaze intently at his face. This was ineffective,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ And not as Moses put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look on the face of that which is made void.

2 Corinthians 3:13 Cross References

Mark 8:25

Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again, and he looked intently, and his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

Romans 10:4

For Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

2 Corinthians 3:7

Now if the ministry of death, chiseled in letters on stone tablets, came in glory so that the people of Israel could not gaze at Moses’s face because of the glory of his face, a glory now set aside,

Colossians 2:17

These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the body belongs to Christ.