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

thou shalt

Exodus 33:20 And again he said: Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me, and live.

Job 11:7 Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly?

Job 26:14 Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?

John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the Bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

1 Corinthians 13:12 We see now through a glass in a dark manner: but then face to face. Now I know in part: but then I shall know even as I am known.

1 Timothy 6:16 Who only hath immortality and inhabiteth light inaccessible: whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and empire everlasting. Amen.

Context
The Glory of the LORD
22And when my glory shall pass, I will set thee in a hole of the rock, and protect thee with my righthand till I pass: 23And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face thou canst not see.
Cross References
John 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the Bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

Exodus 33:20
And again he said: Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me, and live.

Lexicon
Then I will take My hand
כַּפִּ֔י (kap·pî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan

away,
וַהֲסִרֹתִי֙ (wa·hă·si·rō·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5493: To turn aside

and you will see
וְרָאִ֖יתָ (wə·rā·’î·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

My back;
אֲחֹרָ֑י (’ă·ḥō·rāy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 268: The hinder part, behind, backward, the West

but My face
וּפָנַ֖י (ū·p̄ā·nay)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

must not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

be seen.”
יֵרָאֽוּ׃ (yê·rā·’ū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see


Additional Translations
Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”And I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

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

And I will remove my hand, and then shalt thou see my back parts; but my face shall not appear to thee.

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

and I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back: but my face shall not be seen.

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

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

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