Exodus 33:18

And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.

Ver. 18. Show me thy glory.] None ever knew God's glory; our cockle shell can never comprehend this sea: yet it may be apprehended that it is incomprehensible.

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Albert 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 spi...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy (g) glory. (g) Your face, your substance, and your majesty.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

he . Moses.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. Show me thy glory - Moses probably desired to see that which constitutes the peculiar glory or excell...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Observe, Moses had been long in the Mount with God, and yet now desired fresh communications of the divine presence. Reader! mark this down as a sure...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE DIVINE GLORY ‘Shew me Thy glory.’ Exodus 33:18 It was a fine aspiration, worthy of the man who uttered it and the occasion on which he s...
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I beseech thee, show me thy glory Thy glorious majesty, the brightness of thy countenance, some such manifestation of thyself as becomes thy excell...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Moses Requests To See Yahweh's Glory -And Does So In The Only Way That Is Possible Even To Him ( Exodus 33:18-23 ). Now Moses is emboldened. He ha...
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CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 33:18 . Thy glory] = Kebodecha, from kabod = glory, i.e ., the mysterious essential qualities of the Deity in all their...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 33:18 It was a fine aspiration, worthy of the man who uttered it and the occasion on which he spoke. It was the reaching out of a darker di...
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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I beseech thee shew me thy glory — Moses had lately been in the mount with God, and had had as intimate communion with God, as ever any man had on...

¹⁸ And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.

Related Commentaries of Exodus 33:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Exodus 33:18