Exodus 33:20
Good News Translation
I will not let you see my face, because no one can see me and stay alive,

New Revised Standard Version
But,” he said, “you cannot see my face; for no one shall see me and live.”

Contemporary English Version
but I won't let you see my face, because anyone who sees my face will die.

New American Bible
But you cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And again he said: Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me, and live.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

thou canst not.

Exodus 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the heaven, when clear.

Genesis 32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.

Deuteronomy 5:24 Behold the Lord our God hath shewn us his majesty and his greatness, we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire, and have proved this day that God speaking with man, man hath lived.

Judges 6:22 And Gedeon seeing that it was the angel of the Lord, said: Alas, my Lord God: for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.

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

Isaiah 6:5 And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.

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 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.

Hebrews 1:13 But to which of the angels said he at any time: Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool?

Revelation 1:16,17 And he had in his right hand seven stars. And from his mouth came out a sharp two-edged sword. And his face was as the sun shineth in his power. . . .

Context
The Glory of the LORD
19He answered: I will shew thee all good, and I will proclaim in the name of the Lord before thee: and I will have mercy on whom I will, and I will be merciful to whom it shall please me. 20And again he said: Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me, and live.21And again he said: Behold there is a place with me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock.…
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.

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.

Genesis 32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.

Exodus 33:18
And he said: Shew me thy glory.

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

Judges 6:22
And Gedeon seeing that it was the angel of the Lord, said: Alas, my Lord God: for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.

Isaiah 6:5
And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.

Exodus 33:19
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