2nd Corinthians Chapter 3 verse 16 Holy Bible
But whensoever it shall turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
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But when it is turned to the Lord, the veil will be taken away.
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But when it shall turn to [the] Lord, the veil is taken away.)
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Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
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But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
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and whenever they may turn unto the Lord, the vail is taken away.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - When it shall turn to the Lord. The nominative of the verb is not expressed. Obviously the most natural word to supply is the one last alluded to, namely, "the heart of Israel." The verb may have been suggested by Exodus 34:31. Shall be taken away; literally, is in course of removal. The tenses imply that "the moment the heart of Israel shall have turned to the Lord, the removal of the veil begins." Then "they shall look on him whom they pierced" (Zechariah 12:10); "He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations" (Isaiah 25:7).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord.--Better, But when it shall turn. The allegorising process is still carried on. Moses removed the veil when he went into the tabernacle to commune with the Lord (Exodus 34:35); so, in the interpretation of the parable, the veil shall be taken away when the heart of Israel shall turn, in the might of a real conversion, to the Lord of Israel. The very word for "turn" is taken from the same context: "Moses called them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation turned to him" (Exodus 34:31).
