Exodus 33:22

Exodus 33:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
• New International Version (NIV)When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by.

Context of Exodus 33:22

20But you will never see my face. Nobody can see my face and still be alive.’ 21Then the Lord said, ‘Look! There is a place near to me. You can stand there on a rock. When my glory passes in front of you, I will put you in a hole in the rock. I will cover your eyes with my hand as I pass by there. 23Then I will remove my hand so that you will see my back. But nobody must ever see my face.’

Exodus 33:22 word by word

וְהָיָה֙ בַּעֲבֹ֣ר כְּבֹדִ֔י וְשַׂמְתִּ֖יךָ בְּנִקְרַ֣ת הַצּ֑וּר וְשַׂכֹּתִ֥י כַפִּ֛י עָלֶ֖יךָ עַד־עָבְרִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it shall come to pass, while my gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• passeth byעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• that I will putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• thee in a cliftנְקָרָהneqârâh · creviceH5366
• of the rockצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
• and will coverשָׂכַךְsâkak ώâkak · to coverH5526
• thee with my handכַּףkaph · palmH3709
• whileעַד‛ad · tillH5704

Cross-references for Exodus 33:22

• Psalms 18:2The Lord keeps me safe. He is my great rock and my strong place. God is my high rock. I run to him to hide and be safe. He keeps me safe like a soldier's shield. He is the strong place where I can hide safely.
• Isaiah 2:21The people themselves will look for caves and holes in the rocks where they can hide. They will try to escape from the Lord's punishment. They will see that he rules with great authority. They will be afraid when he comes to judge the people on earth.
• Isaiah 32:2Each leader will be like a safe place to hide from strong winds and storms. He will be like streams of water in a desert. And he will be like the shadow of a great rock in a hot, dry land.
• 1 Corinthians 10:4All of them drank the same spiritual drink. They drank water from the spiritual rock that went with them. Christ was that rock.
• 2 Corinthians 5:19God's message is this: By Christ's death, God was bringing people of the world back to himself, as his friends. He would no longer keep their sins in his thoughts. This is the message that God wants us to tell people.
• Deuteronomy 33:12I pray this for the tribe of Benjamin: The Lord loves the tribe of Benjamin. They will live with him and they will be safe. The Lord protects them all the time. He keeps them near to him.
• Psalms 91:1If anyone lives in Almighty God's safe place, the Most High God protects that person.

Commentaries on Exodus 33:22

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-23Verses 12-23 Moses is very earnest with God. Thus, by the intercession of Christ, we are not only saved from ruin, but become entitled to everlasting happiness. Observe here how he pleads. We find grace in God's sight, if we find grace in our hearts to guide and quicken us in the way of our duty. Moses speaks as one who dreaded the thought of going forward without the Lord's presence. God's gracious promises, and mercy towards us, should not only…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-23God desires to reveal his character to his people. However, to see his face means to see his full being (his true and complete nature). No human can see God in this way and live. God’s glorious presence is described in 33:22. That kind of direct encounter would bring death to a human person. God allowed Moses to see only a small part of his glory. Moses was given a brief glimpse, but nothing more.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2318-23. I beseech thee, show me thy glory--This is one of the most mysterious scenes described in the Bible: he had, for his comfort and encouragement, a splendid and full display of the divine majesty, not in its unveiled effulgence, but as far as the weakness of humanity would admit. The face, hand, back parts, are to be understood figuratively.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 33:22

• Condescension of God
• Glory
• God
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Cave
• Proclaim
• Cleft; Cliff; Clift
• Covenant, Book of the
• Exodus, the Book of
• God
• Mediation; Mediator
• Moses
• Pentateuch
• Tabernacle

Commentaries on Exodus 33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings