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Exodus 33:18

Then Moses said, "Now, please show me your Glory."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Boldness;   Condescension of God;   Glory;   God;   Prayer;   Vision;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Grace;   Mercy;   Seeing;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Boldness, Holy;   Communion with God;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Glory of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Glory, Glorify;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Glory;   Moses;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Glory;   God, Name of;   Mediator, Mediation;   Theophany;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Moses;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Face;   Glory;   Grace;   Theophany;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ethics;   Exodus;   Glory;   Moses;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Light and Darkness;   Pre-Eminence ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Glory;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Glory;   God;   Moses;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 27;   Every Day Light - Devotion for March 30;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He said, "Please show me your glory."
King James Version
And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
Lexham English Bible
And he said, "Please show me your glory."
New Century Version
Then Moses said, "Now, please show me your glory."
New English Translation
And Moses said, "Show me your glory."
Amplified Bible
Then Moses said, "Please, show me Your glory!"
New American Standard Bible
Then Moses said, "Please, show me Your glory!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Againe he sayde, I beseech thee, shewe me thy glory.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Moses said, "I pray You, show me Your glory!"
Contemporary English Version
Then Moses said, "I pray that you will let me see you in all of your glory."
Complete Jewish Bible
But Moshe said, "I beg you to show me your glory!"
Darby Translation
And he said, Let me, I pray thee, see thy glory.
English Standard Version
Moses said, "Please show me your glory."
George Lamsa Translation
And Moses said, Show me thy glory.
Good News Translation
Then Moses requested, "Please, let me see the dazzling light of your presence."
Christian Standard Bible®
Then Moses said, “Please, let me see your glory.”
Literal Translation
And he said, I pray, let me see Your glory.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde: Oh let me the se thy glory.
American Standard Version
And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory.
Bible in Basic English
And Moses said, O Lord, let me see your glory.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayde: I beseche thee shewe me thy glorie.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said: 'Show me, I pray Thee, Thy glory.'
King James Version (1611)
And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses says, Manifest thyself to me.
English Revised Version
And he said, Shew me, I pray thee, thy glory.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Moses said, "Please show me Your glory."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Moises seide, Schewe thou thi glorie to me.
Young's Literal Translation
And he saith, `Shew me, I pray Thee, Thine honour;'
Update Bible Version
And he said, Show me, I pray you, your glory.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory.
World English Bible
He said, "Please show me your glory."
New King James Version
And he said, "Please, show me Your glory."
New Living Translation
Moses responded, "Then show me your glorious presence."
New Life Bible
Moses said, "I pray to You, show me Your shining-greatness!"
New Revised Standard
Moses said, "Show me your glory, I pray."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said, - Show me, I pray thee, thy glory.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: Shew me thy glory.
Revised Standard Version
Moses said, "I pray thee, show me thy glory."
THE MESSAGE
Moses said, "Please. Let me see your Glory."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Moses said, "I pray You, show me Your glory!"

Contextual Overview

12 Moses said to the Lord , "You told me to lead these people, but you did not say who you would send with me. You said to me, ‘I know you very well, and I am pleased with you.' 13 If I have really pleased you, then teach me your ways. I want to know you. Then I can continue to please you. Remember that these people are your nation." 14 The Lord answered, "I myself will go with you. I will lead you." 15 Then Moses said to him, "If you don't go with us, then don't make us leave this place. 16 Also, how will we know if you are pleased with me and these people? If you go with us, we will know for sure. If you don't go with us, these people and I will be no different from any other people on the earth." 17 Then the Lord said to Moses, "I will do what you ask. I will do this because I am pleased with you and because I know you very well." 18 Then Moses said, "Now, please show me your Glory." 19 Then the Lord answered, "I will show my love and mercy to anyone I want to. So I will cause my perfect goodness to pass by in front of you, and I will speak my name, Yahweh , so that you can hear it. 20 But you cannot see my face. No one can see me and continue to live." 21 Then the Lord said, "Here is a place for you to stand by me on this large rock.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 33:20, Psalms 4:6, John 1:18, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 4:6, 1 Timothy 6:16, Titus 2:13, Revelation 21:23

Reciprocal: Genesis 16:13 - Thou Exodus 33:13 - that I Psalms 63:2 - To see Psalms 119:68 - good Psalms 138:5 - for great Isaiah 35:2 - they shall Ezekiel 1:28 - This Micah 7:18 - that Matthew 17:4 - it is Luke 9:32 - they saw John 12:41 - saw John 14:8 - show Romans 5:2 - the glory

Cross-References

Genesis 25:20
When Isaac was 40 years old, he married Rebekah. Rebekah was from Paddan Aram. She was Bethuel's daughter and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
Genesis 28:2
So leave this place and go to Paddan Aram. Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father. Laban, your mother's brother, lives there. Marry one of his daughters.
Genesis 33:6
Then the two maids and the children with them went to Esau. They bowed down before him.
Genesis 33:7
Then Leah and the children with her went to Esau and bowed down. And then Rachel and Joseph went to him and bowed down.
Genesis 35:9
When Jacob came back from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again. God blessed Jacob
Genesis 46:15
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun were Jacob's sons from his wife Leah. Leah had these sons in Paddan Aram. She also had a daughter named Dinah. There were 33 people in this family.
Joshua 24:1
Joshua called all the tribes of Israel to meet together at Shechem. Then Joshua called the older leaders, heads of the families, judges, and the officers of Israel. These men stood before God.
Judges 9:1
Abimelech was the son of Gideon. Abimelech went to his uncles who lived in the city of Shechem. He said to his uncles and all of his mother's family,
John 3:23
John was also baptizing people in Aenon, a place near Salim with plenty of water. People were going there to be baptized.
John 4:5
In Samaria Jesus came to the town called Sychar, which is near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory. Not any visible lustre, splendour, and brightness, as a symbol of the divine Presence, that he had seen, Exodus 16:7 nor the glorious essence of God, as Maimonides b, which is invisible and cannot be seen, and of which Moses could not be ignorant; nor the glory of the heavenly state, which also he must know he could not see until he came thither; but he seems to mean some visible glorious representation of God, such as he had never seen, though he had been with him so long on the mount in the cloud, and heard his voice, and saw some appearances of brightness and glory, yet not in any form that he could frame any idea of; perhaps he may mean the Angel of God's presence, called his face, the promised Messiah and glorious Redeemer and Saviour, in whom there is such a bright display of the glory of the divine perfections; yea, is the brightness of his Father's glory, and the express image of his person; and this favour was granted him, with some proper limitations and restrictions; for though this request was, no doubt, sincere and upright, it might be attended with frailty and weakness; yet it is not utterly denied, but with some explanation is allowed, and perhaps was the highest favour ever granted to any before the incarnation of our Lord, at least in so full and glorious a manner as this was; Moses having by his suit obtained much, wants more and is emboldened to ask it, and in a good measure had it, as the following words show.

b Yesude Hatorah, c. 1. sect. 10.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shew me thy glory - The faithful servant of Yahweh, now assured by the success of his mediation, yearns, with the proper tendency of a devout spirit, for a more intimate communion with his divine Master than he had yet enjoyed. He seeks for something surpassing all former revelations.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 33:18. Show me thy glory — Moses probably desired to see that which constitutes the peculiar glory or excellence of the Divine nature as it stands in reference to man. By many this is thought to signify his eternal mercy in sending Christ Jesus into the world. Moses perceived that what God was now doing had the most important and gracious designs which at present he could not distinctly discover; therefore he desires God to show him his glory. God graciously promises to indulge him in this request as far as possible, by proclaiming his name, and making all his goodness pass before him, Exodus 33:19. But at the same time he assures him that he could not see his face - the fulness of his perfections and the grandeur of his designs, and live, as no human being could bear, in the present state, this full discovery. But he adds, Thou shalt see my back parts, את אחרי eth achorai, probably meaning that appearance which he should assume in after times, when it should be said, God is manifest in the flesh. This appearance did take place, for we find God putting him into a cleft of the rock, covering him with his hand, and passing by in such a way as to exhibit a human similitude. John may have had this in view when he said, The Word was made flesh and dwelt AMONG us, full of grace and truth, and WE BEHELD HIS GLORY. What this glory was, and what was implied by this grace and truth, we shall see in the succeeding chapter.


 
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