“Can you discover the mysteries of God? Can you find the limits of Shaddai?
Exodus 33:23 - Tree of Life Version Then I will take away My hand, and you will see My back, but My face will not be seen.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 Then I will take away My hand and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen. American Standard Version (1901) and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back; but my face shall not be seen. Common English Bible Then I’ll take away my hand, and you will see my back, but my face won’t be visible.” Catholic Public Domain Version And I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back. But my face you are not able to see." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face thou canst not see. |
“Can you discover the mysteries of God? Can you find the limits of Shaddai?
Indeed, these are but glimpses of His ways; how faint the whisper, we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His might?”
But He also said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live.”
No one has ever seen God; but the one and only God, in the Father’s embrace, has made Him known.
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.
who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or is able to see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.