Exodus 33:18
16 For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
17 So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”
Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”
19 “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
20 But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”
- KJV
- And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
- WEB
- Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”
- ASV
- And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory.
- DARBY
- And he said, Let me, I pray thee, see thy glory.
- BLB
- And he said, “Show me, please, Your glory.”
- ÅB
- Men han sa: La meg da få se din herlighet!
- OTB
- Moses sa da: «Vær så snill, vis meg din herlighet.»
- B1930
- Men han sa: La mig da få se din herlighet!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 21:23
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
Read in contextTitus 2:13
as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
Read in contextExodus 33:20
But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
Read in context1 Timothy 6:16
He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Read in contextJohn 1:18
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
Read in context2 Corinthians 3:18
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Read in contextPsalms 4:6
Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
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