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for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/33.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then Moses said, &#8220Now show me your glory.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/33.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Moses responded, “Then show me your glorious presence.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/33.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/33.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/33.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/33.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/33.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then <i>Moses</i> said, “Please, show me Your glory!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/33.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Moses said, &#8220I pray You, show me Your glory!&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/33.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Moses said, “I pray Thee, show me Thy glory!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/33.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Moses said, “I pray You, show me Your glory!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/33.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses said, “Please, show me Your glory!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/33.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses said, “Please, let me see your glory.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/33.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses said, &#8220Please, let me see Your glory.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/33.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/33.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then Moses said, "I pray that you will let me see you in all of your glory." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/33.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he said, Shew me, I pray thee, thy glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/33.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then Moses said, "Please let me see your glory."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/33.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then Moses requested, "Please, let me see the dazzling light of your presence." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/33.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Moses said, "Please show me your glory."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/33.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses said, ?Please show me Your glory.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/33.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />And Moses said, "Show me your glory." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/33.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He said, "Please show me your glory."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/33.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/33.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/33.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he says, “Please show me Your glory”;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/33.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he saith, 'Shew me, I pray Thee, Thine honour;'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/33.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will say, Cause me now to see thy glory.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/33.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he said: Shew me thy glory. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/33.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he said, “Show me your glory.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/33.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then Moses said, “Please let me see your glory!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/33.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Moses said, “Show me your glory, I pray.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/33.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Moses said, Show me thy glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/33.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH said to Moshe, “According to this word that you said, I shall do, because you have found love in my eyes, and I shall know you by name.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/33.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he said: 'Show me, I pray Thee, Thy glory.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/33.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And <i>Moses</i> says, Manifest thyself to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/33-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=8748" 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/33.htm">The Glory of the LORD</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>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.” <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">Then Moses said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. ">“Please</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: har·’ê·nî (V-Hifil-Imp-ms:: 1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">show me</a> <a href="/hebrew/3519.htm" title="3519: kə·ḇō·ḏe·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Rarely kabod; from kabad; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness.">Your glory.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>“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.”…<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="/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="/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="/john/14-9.htm">John 14:9</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/1-3.htm">Hebrews 1:3</a></span><br />The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-1.htm">Isaiah 6:1-3</a></span><br />In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple. / Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. / And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/17-24.htm">John 17:24</a></span><br />Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-2.htm">1 John 3:2</a></span><br />Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.<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="/revelation/22-4.htm">Revelation 22:4</a></span><br />They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/27-4.htm">Psalm 27:4</a></span><br />One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-16.htm">1 Timothy 6:16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/1-28.htm">Ezekiel 1:28</a></span><br />The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/1-16.htm">Revelation 1:16</a></span><br />He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-5.htm">Isaiah 40:5</a></span><br />And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-11.htm">1 Kings 19:11-13</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. / After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice. / When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he said, I beseech you, show me your glory.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/33-20.htm">Exodus 33:20</a></b></br> And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/4-6.htm">Psalm 4:6</a></b></br> <i>There be</i> many that say, Who will shew us <i>any</i> good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/1-18.htm">John 1:18</a></b></br> No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared <i>him</i>.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/3-18.htm">Beseech</a> <a href="/exodus/29-43.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/exodus/29-43.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/exodus/33-17.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/33-13.htm">Please</a> <a href="/exodus/25-9.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/exodus/33-13.htm">Show</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/12-11.htm">Beseech</a> <a href="/exodus/33-22.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/exodus/33-22.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/exodus/34-1.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/34-9.htm">Please</a> <a href="/exodus/33-19.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/exodus/33-19.htm">Show</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 33</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/33-1.htm">The Lord refuses to go as he had promised with the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/33-4.htm">The people mourn there</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/33-7.htm">The tabernacle is removed out of the camp</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/33-9.htm">The Lord talks familiarly with Moses</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/33-12.htm">Moses prevails with God, and desires to see his glory</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 /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/33.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/33.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then Moses said,</b><br>Moses, the leader of the Israelites, is speaking directly to God. This interaction occurs after the Israelites have sinned by worshiping the golden calf, and Moses has interceded on their behalf. Moses is in a unique position as a mediator between God and His people, reflecting his role as a type of Christ, who is the ultimate mediator between God and humanity (<a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5</a>).<p><b>“Please show me</b><br>Moses is making a personal request to God. This plea demonstrates Moses' deep desire for a more intimate knowledge of God. It reflects the human longing for a deeper understanding and relationship with the divine, a theme that resonates throughout Scripture. This request is made in the context of Moses' ongoing relationship with God, characterized by direct communication and profound trust.<p><b>Your glory.”</b><br>The term "glory" in this context refers to the visible manifestation of God's presence and majesty. In the Hebrew Bible, God's glory is often associated with light, power, and holiness. Moses' request to see God's glory is significant because it underscores the desire to witness God's full essence, which is ultimately fulfilled in the New Testament through Jesus Christ, who is described as the "radiance of God's glory" (<a href="/hebrews/1-3.htm">Hebrews 1:3</a>). This moment foreshadows the ultimate revelation of God's glory in the person of Jesus, who makes the invisible God known to humanity (<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, Moses is the leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to deliver His people from Egyptian bondage. He is known for his close relationship with God, often speaking to Him "face to face, as a man speaks with his friend" (<a href="/exodus/33-11.htm">Exodus 33:11</a>).<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The location where Moses often met with God and received the Law. It is a place of divine revelation and covenant.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_glory_of_god.htm">The Glory of God</a></b><br>A central theme in this passage, representing God's presence, majesty, and holiness. Moses' request to see God's glory signifies a deep desire for a more intimate understanding and experience of God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/desire_for_god's_presence.htm">Desire for God's Presence</a></b><br>Moses' request to see God's glory reflects a deep longing for God's presence. As believers, we should cultivate a similar desire to know God more intimately.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_nature.htm">Understanding God's Nature</a></b><br>God's glory encompasses His character and attributes. Studying His Word helps us understand His nature, which is essential for our spiritual growth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/transformation_through_glory.htm">Transformation through Glory</a></b><br>Experiencing God's glory leads to transformation. As we behold His glory, we are changed into His likeness, which should be our ultimate goal as Christians.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_for_revelation.htm">Prayer for Revelation</a></b><br>Like Moses, we should pray for a deeper revelation of God's glory in our lives, asking Him to reveal Himself in new and profound ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_for_god's_glory.htm">Living for God's Glory</a></b><br>Our lives should reflect God's glory. In everything we do, we should aim to honor and glorify Him, demonstrating His character to the world.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_33.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 33</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_god_share_his_glory_with_others.htm">Does God share His glory with others?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_riches_of_god's_glory.htm">What are the riches of God's glory?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_exodus_33_22-23_depict_god_physically.htm">How do we explain the anthropomorphic language in Exodus 33:22–23 where God shows Moses only His back, suggesting that God has a physical form? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_exodus_33_11_align_with_33_20.htm">If Exodus 33:11 says Moses spoke with God “face to face,” how do we reconcile this with Exodus 33:20 where God says no one can see His face and live? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/33.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>MOSES' REQUEST TO SEE GOD'S GLORY, AND GOD'S REPLY TO IT.</span><p>(18-23) Not till he had received full assurance of the people's restoration to favour did Moses prefer any request for himself. Then, however, he made use of the privilege granted him to speak with God, "as a man speaketh unto his friend," in order to obtain a blessing for which his spiritual nature craved, and than which he could conceive nothing more desirable. "Shew me," he said, "I beseech thee, thy glory." All that he had yet seen of God was insufficient--only raised his desire, only sharpened his appetite to see more. He craved for that "beatific vision" which is the final reward of them that are perfected in another world. God could not grant his request in full, for it is impossible so long as we are in the flesh that we should look on God and live. "No man hath seen God at any time" (<a href="/john/1-18.htm" title="No man has seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.">John 1:18</a>). But He granted all that could be granted. He made "all his goodness pass before" Moses; He gave him a fresh revelation of His name (<a href="/context/exodus/34-6.htm" title="And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,">Exodus 34:6-7</a>); and He even let him see some actual portion of His "glory"--as much as mortal man could possibly behold--more than any son of man had ever beheld before--more, probably, than any other son of man will ever behold until the consummation of all things (<a href="/context/exodus/33-22.htm" title="And it shall come to pass, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand while I pass by:">Exodus 33:22-23</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/33.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 18-23.</span> - THE REQUEST TO SEE GOD'S GLORY, AND THE REPLY TO IT. Having obtained the full restoration of the people to God's favour, Moses felt emboldened to ask a boon for himself. He had already been admitted to closer communion with God than any one of the race of man since Adam in Paradise. But what had been granted him, instead of satisfying, only made him desirous of something further, something closer, something than which nothing more close could be imagined. So he asks to see the unveiled glory of God (ver. 18). He asks, that is, to see exactly that which man in the flesh cannot see, or at any rate cannot see and live. But, of course, he does not know this. God, in reply, tells him he shall see all that can be seen of him - more than anything which he has seen before. He shall see "all his goodness" - he shall have another revelation of the name of God (ver. 18); and, further, he shall be so placed as to see as much as mortal man can behold of "his glory" - God will pass by him, and when he has passed, Moses shall be allowed to look <span class="accented">after</span> him, and see what is here called "his back." This was probably some afterglow or reflection from the Divine glory, which language must have been as inadequate to describe as it was to embody the "unspeakable words" heard by St. Paul in the "third heaven," and declared by him "impossible for a man to utter" (<a href="/2_corinthians/12-4.htm">2 Corinthians 12:4</a>). <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Show me thy glory</span>. The glory of God had been seen by Moses to a certain extent, when God "descended in fire" upon Mount Sinai (<a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Exodus 19:18</a>). It had been seen with more distinctness when he was called up and "went into the midst of the cloud" (<a href="/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18</a>). But he felt, nevertheless, that he had not as vet really beheld it. He longed for that ineffable blessing of the full "beatific vision," which is promised to us after death, if we die in the faith and fear of Christ (<a href="/1_corinthians/13-12.htm">1 Corinthians 13:12</a>). "Increase of appetite doth grow by what it feeds on" - and the veiled splendours that he had been allowed to see only made him hunger the more for the unveiled radiance that he had not seen as vet. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/33-18.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">Then Moses said,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּאמַ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Please</span><br /><span class="heb">נָ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(nā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4994.htm">Strong's 4994: </a> </span><span class="str2">I pray', 'now', 'then'</span><br /><br /><span class="word">show</span><br /><span class="heb">הַרְאֵ֥נִי</span> <span class="translit">(har·’ê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me Your glory.”</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּבֹדֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḇō·ḏe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3519.htm">Strong's 3519: </a> </span><span class="str2">Weight, splendor, copiousness</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/33-18.htm">Exodus 33:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/33-18.htm">Exodus 33:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/33-18.htm">Exodus 33:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/33-18.htm">Exodus 33:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/33-18.htm">Exodus 33:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/33-18.htm">Exodus 33:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/33-18.htm">Exodus 33:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/33-18.htm">Exodus 33:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/33-18.htm">Exodus 33:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/33-18.htm">Exodus 33:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/33-18.htm">OT Law: Exodus 33:18 He said Please show me your glory (Exo. 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