Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
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Bible References
Thou shalt
Exodus 33:20
And he said, Thou cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.
Job 11:7
Can thou find out God by searching? Can thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
Job 26:14
Lo, these are but the periphery of his ways. And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
John 1:18
No man has ever seen God. The only begotten Son, being in the bosom of the Father, that man reported him.
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see by polished metal, in dimness, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know just as also I was known.
1 Timothy 6:16
who alone has immortality, dwelling in irreproachable light, whom no man has seen, nor can see, to whom is honor and eternal dominion. Truly.
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Job 26:9
He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud upon it.