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href="/exodus/33-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/33.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/33.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when my glory shall pass, I will set thee in a hole of the rock, and protect thee with my right hand, till I pass: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/exodus/33.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass, when my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand, until I have passed by.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/33.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/33.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock: and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/33.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />It will happen, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/33.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and it hath come to pass, in the passing by of Mine honour, that I have set thee in a cleft of the rock, and spread out My hands over thee, until My passing by,<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/the_mediators_threefold_prayer.htm">The Mediator's Threefold Prayer</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And Moses said unto the Lord, See, Thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and Thou hast not let me know whom Thou wilt send with me. Yet Thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in My sight. 13. Now therefore, I pray Thee, if I have found grace in Thy sight, show me now Thy way, that I may know Thee, that I may find grace in Thy sight: and consider that this nation is Thy people. 14. And He said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. 15. And he <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/the_mediators_threefold_prayer.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/jowett/my_daily_meditation_for_the_circling_year/june_the_seventeenth_the_invisible.htm">June the Seventeenth the Invisible Presence</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Show me Thy glory." --EXODUS xxxiii. 12-23. Moses wist not what he asked. His speech was beyond his knowledge. The answer to his request would have consumed him. He asked for the blazing noon when as yet he could only bear the quiet shining of the dawn. The good Lord lets in the light as our eyes are able to bear it. The revelation is tempered to our growth. The pilgrim could bear a brightness in Beulah land that he could not have borne at the wicket-gate; and the brilliance of the entry into <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/jowett/my_daily_meditation_for_the_circling_year/june_the_seventeenth_the_invisible.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Henry Jowett—</span><span class="citation2">My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_10_1864/election_no_discouragement_to_seeking.htm">Election no Discouragement to Seeking Souls</a><br></span><span class="snippet">However, whether we all of us agree to the doctrine that God is sovereign or not, is a very little matter to him, for he is so. De jure, by right, he should be so; de facto, as matter of fact, he is so. It is a fact, concerning which you have only to open your eyes and see that God acts as a sovereign in the dispensation of his grace. Our Saviour, when he wished to quote instances of this, spake on this wise: many widows there were in Israel in the time of Elias the prophet, but unto none of these <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_10_1864/election_no_discouragement_to_seeking.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 10: 1864</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_54_1908/a_view_of_gods_glory.htm">A view of God's Glory</a><br></span><span class="snippet">THAT WAS A large request to make. He could not have asked for more: "I beseech thee, show me thy glory." Why, it is the greatest petition that man ever asked of God. It seems to me the greatest stretch of faith that I have either heard or read of. It was great faith which made Abraham go into the plain to offer up intercession for a guilty city like Sodom. It was vast faith which enabled Jacob to grasp the angel; it was mighty faith which enabled Elijah to rend the heavens and fetch down rain from <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_54_1908/a_view_of_gods_glory.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 54: 1908</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/a_short_and_easy_method_of_prayer/chapter_xxiv_of_the_way.htm">Of the Way to Attain Divine Union</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Of the way to attain Divine Union It is impossible to attain Divine Union solely by the activity of meditation, or by the meltings of the affections, or even by the highest degree of luminous and distinctly-comprehended prayer. There are many reasons for this, the chief of which are as follow:-- First, According to Scripture "no man shall see God and live" (Exod. xxxiii. 20). Now all the exercises of discursive prayer, and even of active contemplation, while esteemed as the summit and end of the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/a_short_and_easy_method_of_prayer/chapter_xxiv_of_the_way.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Madame Guyon—</span><span class="citation2">A Short and Easy Method of Prayer</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/chapter_xix_after_the_preceding.htm">After the Preceding Ways, There Remains an after Way, Preparatory to Divine Union, in which Wisdom and Justice Make the Passive Purification of the Soul, All</a><br></span><span class="snippet">It is impossible to attain divine union by the way of meditation alone, or even by the affections, or by any luminous or understood prayer. There are several reasons. These are the principal. First, according to Scripture, "No man shall see God and live" (Exod. xxxiii. 20). Now all discursive exercises of prayer, or even of active contemplation, regarded as an end, and not as a preparation for the passive, are exercises of life by which we cannot see God, that is, become united to Him. All that <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/chapter_xix_after_the_preceding.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Jeanne Marie Bouvières—</span><span class="citation2">A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/jerram/thoughts_on_a_revelation/section_2_let_us_now.htm">Let us Now Examine the Conditions under which a Revelation May be Expected To...</a><br></span><span class="snippet">2. Let us now examine the conditions under which a revelation may be expected to be given to the original recipients. It may be observed in the first place that a revelation must possess some distinctive character. Even, if it should turn out that there is no such thing in reality at all, at least the notion which we form in our minds must possess such points of difference as to distinguish it from all other notions. It appears needful to bear this in mind, obvious though it is, because there <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/jerram/thoughts_on_a_revelation/section_2_let_us_now.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Samuel John Jerram—</span><span class="citation2">Thoughts on a Revelation</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on_patience_/18_whence_also_the_just.htm">Whence Also the Just of Old, Before the Incarnation of the Word...</a><br></span><span class="snippet">18. Whence also the just of old, before the Incarnation of the Word, in this faith of Christ, and in this true righteousness, (which thing Christ is unto us,) were justified; believing this to come which we believe come: and they themselves by grace were saved through faith, not of themselves, but by the gift of God, not of works, lest haply they should be lifted up. [2679] For their good works did not come before God's mercy, but followed it. For to them was it said, and by them written, long ere <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on_patience_/18_whence_also_the_just.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">St. Augustine—</span><span class="citation2">On Patience </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/steps_to_christ/chapter_1_gods_love_for.htm">God's Love for Man</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Nature and revelation alike testify of God's love. Our Father in heaven is the source of life, of wisdom, and of joy. Look at the wonderful and beautiful things of nature. Think of their marvelous adaptation to the needs and happiness, not only of man, but of all living creatures. The sunshine and the rain, that gladden and refresh the earth, the hills and seas and plains, all speak to us of the Creator's love. It is God who supplies the daily needs of all His creatures. In the beautiful words of <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/steps_to_christ/chapter_1_gods_love_for.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ellen Gould White—</span><span class="citation2">Steps to Christ</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/murray/with_christ_in_the_school_of_prayer/ninteenth_lesson_i_go_unto.htm">Ninteenth Lesson. I Go unto the Father!'</a><br></span><span class="snippet">I go unto the Father!' Or, Power for Praying and Working. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my Name, that will I do.'--John xiv. 12, 13. AS the Saviour opened His public ministry with His disciples by the Sermon on the Mount, so He closes it by the Parting Address preserved to us by John. In both He speaks more than once of prayer. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/murray/with_christ_in_the_school_of_prayer/ninteenth_lesson_i_go_unto.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Andrew Murray—</span><span class="citation2">With Christ in the School of Prayer</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_beatitudes_an_exposition_of_matthew_51-12/17_the_blessed_privilege_of.htm">The Blessed Privilege of Seeing God Explained</a><br></span><span class="snippet">They shall see God. Matthew 5:8 These words are linked to the former and they are a great incentive to heart-purity. The pure heart shall see the pure God. There is a double sight which the saints have of God. 1 In this life; that is, spiritually by the eye of faith. Faith sees God's glorious attributes in the glass of his Word. Faith beholds him showing forth himself through the lattice of his ordinances. Thus Moses saw him who was invisible (Hebrews 11:27). Believers see God's glory as it were <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_beatitudes_an_exposition_of_matthew_51-12/17_the_blessed_privilege_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">The Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/33-22.htm">Exodus 33:22 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/exodus/33-22.htm">Exodus 33:22 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/exodus/33-22.htm">Exodus 33:22 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/exodus/33-22.htm">Exodus 33:22 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/exodus/33-22.htm">Exodus 33:22 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/33-22.htm">Exodus 33:22 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/exodus/33-22.htm">Exodus 33:22 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../exodus/33-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Exodus 33:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Exodus 33:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../exodus/33-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Exodus 33:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Exodus 33:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/exodus/33-22.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>