"And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live." — Exodus 33:20

Exodus 33:20 · KJV

“And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.”

— Exodus 33:20

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

Verse 21

And the LORD said, Behold, {there is} a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:

Exodus 33 — Context

And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.

And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

And the LORD said, Behold, {there is} a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:

And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:

Cross References

Genesis 32:30

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. {Peniel: that is, The face of God}

John 1:18

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared {him}.

1 Timothy 6:16

Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom {be} honour and power everlasting. Amen.

Isaiah 6:5

Then said I, Woe {is} me! for I am undone; because I {am} a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. {undone: Heb. cut off}

Judges 13:22

And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

Judges 6:22

And when Gideon perceived that he {was} an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.

Deuteronomy 5:24

And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.

Exodus 24:10

And they saw the God of Israel: and {there was} under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in {his} clearness.