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International Version</a></span><br />When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/34.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />When Moses finished speaking with them, he covered his face with a veil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/34.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/34.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/34.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And <i>till</i> Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/34.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/34.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/34.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/34.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/34.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Moses finished speaking with them and put a veil over his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/34.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/34.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/34.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And when Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/34.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The face of Moses kept shining, and after he had spoken with the people, he covered his face with a veil. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/34.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And when Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/34.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/34.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When Moses had finished speaking with them, he covered his face with a veil. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/34.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When Moses finished speaking with them he put a veil over his face, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/34.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/34.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When Moses finished speaking with them, he would put a veil on his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/34.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When Moses was done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/34.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/34.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When Moses was done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/34.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Moses finishes speaking with them, and puts a veil on his face;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/34.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Moses finisheth speaking with them, and putteth on his face a vail;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/34.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Moses will finish speaking to them and he will give a vail upon his face.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And having done speaking, he put a veil upon his face. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/34.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And having completed these words, he placed a veil over his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/34.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When Moses finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/34.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/34.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And then all of the children of Israel approached him and he commanded them everything that LORD JEHOVAH spoke with him in the mountain of Sinai.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/34.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And when Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/34.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And when he ceased speaking to them, he put a veil on his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/34-33.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=9139" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/34.htm">The LORD Renews the Covenant</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">32</span>And after this all the Israelites came near, and Moses commanded them to do everything that the LORD had told him on Mount Sinai. <span class="reftext">33</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">When Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: way·ḵal (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">had finished</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: mid·dab·bêr (Prep-m:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">speaking</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tām (Prep:: 3mp) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">with them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: way·yit·tên (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">he put</a> <a href="/hebrew/4533.htm" title="4533: mas·weh (N-ms) -- A veil. Apparently from an unused root meaning to cover; a veil.">a veil</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pā·nāw (N-cpc:: 3ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">his face.</a> </span><span class="reftext">34</span>But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And when he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-13.htm">2 Corinthians 3:13-16</a></span><br />We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away. / But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed. / And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">2 Corinthians 3:7-9</a></span><br />Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory, / will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? / For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-18.htm">2 Corinthians 3:18</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-12.htm">2 Corinthians 3:12</a></span><br />Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-6.htm">2 Corinthians 3:6</a></span><br />And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-6.htm">2 Corinthians 4:6</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/17-2.htm">Matthew 17:2</a></span><br />There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-5.htm">Hebrews 3:5</a></span><br />Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a></span><br />The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-17.htm">John 1:17</a></span><br />For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-4.htm">Romans 10:4</a></span><br />For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-3.htm">Romans 8:3-4</a></span><br />For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh, / so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-20.htm">Romans 3:20</a></span><br />Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-19.htm">Galatians 3:19</a></span><br />Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Galatians 3:24</a></span><br />So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.</p><p class="hdg">a vail</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/10-4.htm">Romans 10:4</a></b></br> For Christ <i>is</i> the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/3-13.htm">2 Corinthians 3:13-18</a></b></br> And not as Moses, <i>which</i> put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm">2 Corinthians 4:4-6</a></b></br> In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/34-22.htm">End</a> <a href="/exodus/31-18.htm">Ended</a> <a href="/exodus/34-30.htm">Face</a> <a href="/exodus/31-18.htm">Finished</a> <a href="/exodus/31-18.htm">Finisheth</a> <a href="/exodus/34-31.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/30-33.htm">Putteth</a> <a href="/exodus/34-29.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/exodus/34-31.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/exodus/30-6.htm">Vail</a> <a href="/exodus/30-6.htm">Veil</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/36-11.htm">End</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-33.htm">Ended</a> <a href="/exodus/34-35.htm">Face</a> <a href="/exodus/39-32.htm">Finished</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-24.htm">Finisheth</a> <a href="/exodus/34-34.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/37-13.htm">Putteth</a> <a href="/numbers/3-1.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/exodus/34-34.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/exodus/34-34.htm">Vail</a> <a href="/exodus/34-34.htm">Veil</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 34</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-1.htm">The tablets are replaced</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-5.htm">The name of the Lord proclaimed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-8.htm">Moses entreats God to go with them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-10.htm">God makes a covenant with them, repeating certain duties</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Moses after forty days on the mount, comes down with the tablets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/34-29.htm">His face is radiant, and he covers it with a veil</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/exodus/34.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>When Moses had finished speaking to them</b><br />This phrase marks the conclusion of a significant moment of communication between Moses and the Israelites. The Hebrew root for "speaking" is דָּבַר (dabar), which implies not just casual conversation but authoritative declaration. Moses, as the mediator of God's covenant, conveys divine instructions and revelations. Historically, this moment follows the renewal of the covenant after the Israelites' transgression with the golden calf. It underscores the gravity and solemnity of Moses' role as God's chosen leader and prophet, who speaks with divine authority.<p><b>he put a veil over his face</b><br />The act of Moses veiling his face is rich with symbolic meaning. The Hebrew word for "veil" is מַסְוֶה (masveh), which suggests a covering or concealment. This action was necessary because Moses' face shone with the glory of God after being in His presence, as described earlier in the chapter. The veil served as a barrier between the divine radiance and the people, who were unable to bear the direct reflection of God's glory. This symbolizes the separation between a holy God and sinful humanity, a theme prevalent throughout Scripture. Theologically, it points to the need for a mediator, which Moses was at that time, and foreshadows the ultimate mediation of Christ, who removes the veil and grants believers direct access to God. Historically, this practice of veiling also reflects ancient Near Eastern customs where sacredness and divine encounters were often veiled or hidden from the common people, emphasizing the holiness and otherness of God.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/34.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(33) <span class= "bld">Till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.</span>--This translation exactly inverts the meaning, which is that "<span class= "ital">when </span>Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face." The vail became part of his ordinary costume, and was worn excepting upon occasions of two kinds: (1) When Moses was alone with God, either in the temporary "tent of meeting" or in the permanent Tabernacle, he ceased to wear the vail, and spoke with God face to face; (2) when he had a message to the people from God, and spoke to them as God's representative, he authenticated his message by uncovering himself, and allowing the glory of his face to be seen. Otherwise, in his ordinary dealings with the people he went about veiled.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/34.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 33-35.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Till</span> <span class="cmt_word">Moses had done speaking with them</span>. The Hebrew text will not bear this rendering. All the ancient versions (LXX. Vulg. Syr. etc.) and the Targums agree that the meaning is - "when Moses had done speaking, he put a veil on his face." And this agrees with the plain meaning of vers. 34 and 35, which are to be taken connectedly. Moses first delivered his message with face unveiled, then he veiled himself, and thenceforth he wore a veil at all times except when he sought the Divine presence in the "tent of meeting" or the tabernacle, and when he delivered to the people any message sent them from God by him. He wore the veil ordinarily to prevent them from being dazzled. He took it off when he entered the tabernacle, that the Divine presence might shine fully on him and renew his strength. He kept it off when he returned, if he had any message to the people, until he had delivered it, in order the more fully to authenticate the message and shew to the people that it was from God. Then the <span class="cmt_word">children of Israel saw</span> <span class="cmt_word">the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone</span> (ver. 35). Having discharged himself of the message intrusted to him, he once more covered himself, and continued veiled until he again entered the tabernacle. The only objection that can be taken to this exegesis is derived from <a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">2 Corinthians 3:7-16</a>, which has been thought to imply that Moses wore the veil whenever he was in the sight of the people. But the passage does not really assert any such thing. It is quite enough for the argument, that under the old covenant a veil had been worn to conceal some of its glory. This concealment St. Paul contrasts with the openness of Christianity (vers. 13, 18); while at the same time he argues that it may be viewed as typical of that blindness and darkness which was characteristic of the Jewish nation of his day. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/34-33.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When Moses</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had finished</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְכַ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">speaking</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדַּבֵּ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(mid·dab·bêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to them,</span><br /><span class="heb">אִתָּ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(’it·tām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he put</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּתֵּ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(way·yit·tên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a veil</span><br /><span class="heb">מַסְוֶֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(mas·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4533.htm">Strong's 4533: </a> </span><span class="str2">A veil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his face.</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּנָ֖יו</span> <span class="translit">(pā·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/34-33.htm">Exodus 34:33 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/34-33.htm">Exodus 34:33 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/34-33.htm">Exodus 34:33 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/34-33.htm">Exodus 34:33 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/34-33.htm">Exodus 34:33 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/34-33.htm">Exodus 34:33 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/34-33.htm">Exodus 34:33 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/34-33.htm">Exodus 34:33 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/34-33.htm">Exodus 34:33 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/34-33.htm">Exodus 34:33 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/34-33.htm">OT Law: Exodus 34:33 When Moses was done speaking with them (Exo. 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