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Exodus Chapter 33 verse 23 Holy Bible

ASV Exodus 33:23

and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back; but my face shall not be seen.
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BBE Exodus 33:23

Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back: but my face is not to be seen.
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DARBY Exodus 33:23

And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see me from behind; but my face shall not be seen.
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KJV Exodus 33:23

And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
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WBT Exodus 33:23

And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
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WEB Exodus 33:23

then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face shall not be seen."
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YLT Exodus 33:23

and I have turned aside My hands, and thou hast seen My back parts, and My face is not seen.'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - Thou shalt see my back parts. Literally, "my back." The anthropomorphisms of the passage are numerous and strong - they must, of course, be regarded as accommodations to human ideas. After the Divine Presence had passed by, Moses was to be permitted to look out, and would see so much of the Divine glory as he would be able to bear; but still something far short of that which he had desired to see. The explanation that "the back of God" means "his works - the consequences of his activity" (Kalisch) is fanciful, and not borne out by the context. My face cannot be seen. See above, ver. 20; and. compare John 1:18; John 6:46; 1 Timothy 1:17; 1 John 4:12.

Ellicott's Commentary