Exodus 33:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁰ And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not 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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Exodus 33:20 Cross References

Genesis 32:30

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

Exodus 24:10

and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness.

Exodus 24:9

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

Exodus 3:6

Moreover he said, I am the God of thy 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 upon God.

Exodus 33:18

And he said, Shew me, I pray thee, thy glory.

Exodus 33:23

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

Isaiah 6:5

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

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.

Deuteronomy 5:24

and ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth.

1 Timothy 6:16

who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power eternal. Amen.

Hebrews 1:13

But of which of the angels hath he said at any time, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet?

Judges 13:22

And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

Judges 6:22

And Gideon saw that he was the angel of the LORD; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD forasmuch as I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face.