Exodus 33:21
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.”
The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,
22 and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.
23 Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,
- KJV
- And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
- WEB
- The LORD also said, “Behold, there is a place by me, and you shall stand on the rock.
- ASV
- and Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock:
- DARBY
- And Jehovah said, Behold, [there is] a place by me: there shalt thou stand on the rock.
- BLB
- And YHWH said, “Behold, a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock.
- ÅB
- Deretter sa Herren: Se, her tett ved meg er et sted; still deg der på berget,
- OTB
- Herren fortsatte: «Det er et sted nær meg hvor du kan stå på en klippe.
- B1930
- Derefter sa Herren: Se, her tett ved mig er et sted; still dig der på berget,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zechariah 3:7
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 5:31
But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
Read in contextIsaiah 56:5
I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
Read in contextJoshua 20:4
When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.
Read in contextLuke 15:1
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.
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