Exodus 33:17
New International Version
And the LORD said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”

New Living Translation
The LORD replied to Moses, “I will indeed do what you have asked, for I look favorably on you, and I know you by name.”

English Standard Version
And the LORD said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”

Berean Standard Bible
So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”

King James Bible
And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.

New King James Version
So the LORD said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”

New American Standard Bible
The LORD said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; for you have found favor in My sight and I have known you by name.”

NASB 1995
The LORD said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; for you have found favor in My sight and I have known you by name.”

NASB 1977
And the LORD said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; for you have found favor in My sight, and I have known you by name.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; for you have found favor in My sight, and I have known you by name.”

Amplified Bible
The LORD said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have asked; for you have found favor (lovingkindness, mercy) in My sight and I have known you [personally] by name.”

Christian Standard Bible
The LORD answered Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor with me, and I know you by name.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD answered Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”

American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken; for thou hast found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And in what will it be known here that I have found love in your eyes, I and your people, but when you have gone with us and we are distinguished, I and your people, from all of the nations that are on the face of the earth?”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Lord said to Moses, I will also do for thee this thing, which thou hast spoken; for thou hast found grace before me, and I know thee above all.

Contemporary English Version
So the LORD told him, "I will do what you have asked, because I am your friend and I am pleased with you."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to Moses: This word also, which thou hast spoken, will I do: for thou hast found grace before me, and thee I have known by name.

English Revised Version
And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD answered Moses, "I will do what you have asked, because I am pleased with you, and I know you by name."

Good News Translation
The LORD said to Moses, "I will do just as you have asked, because I know you very well and I am pleased with you."

International Standard Version
The LORD told Moses, "I'll do the very thing that you have said, because you have found favor in my sight and I know you by name."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken, for thou hast found grace in My sight, and I know thee by name.'

Literal Standard Version
And YHWH says to Moses, “Even this thing which you have spoken I do; for you have found grace in My eyes, and I know you by name.”

Majority Standard Bible
So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”

New American Bible
The LORD said to Moses: This request, too, which you have made, I will carry out, because you have found favor with me and you are my intimate friend.

NET Bible
The LORD said to Moses, "I will do this thing also that you have requested, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name."

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses, “I will do the very thing that you have asked; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”

New Heart English Bible
The LORD said to Moses, "I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name."

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said to Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.

World English Bible
Yahweh said to Moses, “I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Even this thing which thou hast spoken I do; for thou hast found grace in Mine eyes, and I know thee by name.'

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Context
The Glory of the LORD
16For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?” 17So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.” 18Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”…

Cross References
Genesis 6:8
Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

Exodus 33:12
Then Moses said to the LORD, "Look, You have been telling me, 'Lead this people up,' but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, 'I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.'

Isaiah 45:3
I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.


Treasury of Scripture

And the LORD said to Moses, I will do this thing also that you have spoken: for you have found grace in my sight, and I know you by name.

I will do

Genesis 18:32
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.

Genesis 19:21
And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

Isaiah 65:24
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

thou hast

Exodus 33:12
And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

Genesis 6:8
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Genesis 19:19,21
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: …

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Exodus 33
1. The Lord refuses to go as he had promised with the people
4. The people mourn there
7. The tabernacle is removed out of the camp
9. The Lord talks familiarly with Moses
12. Moses prevails with God, and desires to see his glory














(17) I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken.--At length the promise is unambiguously given. Moses is rewarded for his importunity. God's people have found grace in His sight. He will "go up" with them, and so "separate them," or distinguish them, from "all the people that are on the face of the earth." Now at last Moses is satisfied.

Verse 17. - I will do this thing also. "I will extend my favour to thy people also, and distinguish them, as well as thee, by going up with them. I will do this for thy sake, because thou hast found grace in my sight." Moses' petition is at last fully granted - the threat of withdrawal cancelled - the promise of Divine guidance and protection renewed I know thee by name. It is a supreme favour for God to know us by name. It marks "a specifically personal relation to God" (Keil). The expression is perhaps taken from the phraseology of Oriental Courts, where not one in a hundred of the courtiers is known to the monarch by name.

CHAPTER 33:18-23

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And the LORD
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

said
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Moses,
מֹשֶׁ֔ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

“I will do
אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֑ה (’e·‘ĕ·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

this
הַזֶּ֛ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

very
גַּ֣ם (gam)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

thing
הַדָּבָ֥ר (had·dā·ḇār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

you have asked,
דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ (dib·bar·tā)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you have found
מָצָ֤אתָ (mā·ṣā·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

favor
חֵן֙ (ḥên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2580: Graciousness, subjective, objective

in My sight,
בְּעֵינַ֔י (bə·‘ê·nay)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | first person common singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

and I know
וָאֵדָעֲךָ֖ (wā·’ê·ḏā·‘ă·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

you by name.”
בְּשֵֽׁם׃ (bə·šêm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name


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