Exodus 33:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ and I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Then I will take away My hand and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back; but my face shall not be seen.

Common English Bible

²³ Then I’ll take away my hand, and you will see my back, but my face won’t be visible.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back. But my face you are not able to see."

Exodus 33:23 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.

Exodus 33:20

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

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.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see only a reflection, as in a mirror, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.

Job 26:14

These are indeed but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”

Job 11:7

“Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?