Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 559 [e] וַיֹּ֕אמֶר way-yō-mer But He said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 3808 [e] לֹ֥א lō cannot Adv-NegPrt 3201 [e] תוּכַ֖ל ṯū-ḵal You V-Qal-Imperf-2ms 7200 [e] לִרְאֹ֣ת lir-’ōṯ see Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 6440 [e] פָּנָ֑י pā-nāy; My face N-mpc | 1cs 3588 [e] כִּ֛י kî for Conj 3808 [e] לֹֽא־ lō- no Adv-NegPrt 7200 [e] יִרְאַ֥נִי yir-’a-nî shall see Me V-Qal-Imperf-3ms | 1cs 120 [e] הָאָדָ֖ם hā-’ā-ḏām man Art | N-ms 2425 [e] וָחָֽי׃ wā-ḥāy. and live Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms

New American Standard Bible
But He said, "You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!"

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But He answered, "You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live."

thou canst not. This is well explained by Rabbi Jehudah, in Sepher Cosri, 'Of that divine glory mentioned in the scripture, there is one degree which the eyes of the prophets were able to explore; another which all the Israelites saw, as the cloud and consuming fire; the third is so bright, and so dazzling, that no mortal is able to comprehend it; but should anyone venture to look on it, his whole frame would be dissolved.' In such inconceivable splendour is the Divine Majesty revealed to the inhabitants of the celestial world, where he is said to 'dwell in the light which no man can approach unto.' By the 'face of God,' therefore, we are to understand that light inaccessible before which angels may stand, but which would be so insufferable to mortal eyes, that no man could see it and live.

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Judges 13:22 And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

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