Exodus 33:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one shall see me and live.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ But, He said, You can not see My face, for no man shall see Me and live.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.

Common English Bible

²⁰ But,” the LORD said, “you can’t see my face because no one can see me and live.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And again he said: "You are not able to see my face. For man shall not see me and live."

Exodus 33:20 Cross References

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God. It is the only Son, himself God, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life is preserved.”

1 Timothy 6:16

It is he alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see; to him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

Isaiah 6:5

And I said, “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

Judges 6:22

Then Gideon perceived that it was the angel of the Lord, and Gideon said, “Help me, Lord God! For I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.”

Judges 13:22

And Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, for we have seen God.”

Deuteronomy 5:24

and you said, ‘Look, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the fire. We have seen this day that God may speak to someone and the person may still live.

Exodus 24:10

and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was something like a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.

Hebrews 1:13

And to which of the angels has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?

Exodus 33:18

Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”

Exodus 33:23

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

Exodus 3:6

He said further, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

Exodus 24:9

Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up,