Exodus 33:22
Good News Translation
When the dazzling light of my presence passes by, I will put you in an opening in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.

New Revised Standard Version
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;

Contemporary English Version
and before I pass by in all of my shining glory, I will put you in a large crack in the rock. I will cover your eyes with my hand until I have passed by.

New American Bible
When my glory passes I will set you in the cleft of the rock and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when my glory shall pass, I will set thee in a hole of the rock, and protect thee with my righthand till I pass:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when my glory shall pass, I will set thee in a hole of the rock, and protect thee with my righthand till I pass:

in a clift

Psalm 18:2 The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my support.

Songs 2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow, whom I desired: and his fruit was sweet to my palate.

Isaiah 2:21 And he shall go into the clefts of rocks, and into the holes of stones from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth.

Isaiah 32:2 And a man shall be as when one is hid from the wind, and hideth himself from a storm, as rivers of waters in drought, and the shadow of a rock that standeth out in a desert land.

1 Corinthians 10:4 And all drank the same spiritual drink: (And they drank of the spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.)

2 Corinthians 5:19 For God indeed was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their sins. And he hath placed in us the word of reconciliation.

cover thee

Deuteronomy 33:12 And to Benjamin he said: The best beloved of the Lord shall dwell confidently in him: as in a bride chamber shall he abide all the day long, and between his shoulders shall be rest.

Psalm 91:1,4 The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob. . . .

Context
The Glory of the LORD
21And again he said: Behold there is a place with me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock. 22And when my glory shall pass, I will set thee in a hole of the rock, and protect thee with my righthand till I pass:23And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face thou canst not see.…
Cross References
1 Kings 19:9
And when he was come thither, he abode in a cave. and behold the word of the Lord came unto him, and he said to him: What dost thou here, Elias?

Psalm 91:1
The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.

Psalm 91:4
He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings thou shalt trust.

Isaiah 49:2
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword: in the shadow of his hand he hath protected me, and hath made me as a chosen arrow: in his quiver he hath hidden me.

Isaiah 51:16
I have put my words in thy mouth, and have protected thee in the shadow of my hand, that thou mightest plant the heavens, and found the earth: and mightest say to Sion: Thou art my people.

Exodus 33:21
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