Exodus 33:20
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
In context
18 Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”
19 “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
20 But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
21 The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,
22 and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.
Exodus 33:20 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
- KJV King James Version
- And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
- WEB World English Bible
- He said, “You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- He saith also, 'Thou art unable to see My face, for man doth not see Me, and live;'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for Man shall not see me, and live.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.