Exodus 33:17
in Exodus 33So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”
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ASV
And Jehovah said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken; for thou hast found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name.
KJV
And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
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This verse in Exodus 33
Commentary
7 notes on this verseI will do this thing also - My presence shall go with thee, and I will keep thee separate from all the people of the earth. Both these promises have been remarkably fulfilled. God continued miraculously with them till he brought them into the promised land; and from the day in which he brought them out of Egypt to the present day, he has kept them a distinct, unmixed people! Who can account for this on any principle but that of a continual especial providence, and a constant Divine interference?
This site's exposition
I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken
on Exodus 33:17-18
God grants the request and repeats the ground twice over, that Moses has found grace in his sight and is known by name. The man who has just been given everything he asked for asks for one thing more, and it is four words long, shew me thy glory. It is the shortest speech in the chapter and it is the one God answers with a limit.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
But we must note especially how great is the order of narration in the mouth of Truth concerning the proud rich man and the humble poor man. For behold it is said: "There was a certain rich man"; and immediately it is added: "And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus." Certainly among the people the names of the rich are usually known more than those of the poor.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
See, in type, the prevalency of Christ's intercession, which he ever lives to make for all those that come to God by him, and the ground of that prevalency. It is purely his own merit, not any thing in those for whom he intercedes; it is because thou hast found grace in my sight.
Commentary on Chapter XXXIII 5. I will come up - As if he had said, ye deserve that I should do so. Put off thine ornaments, that I may know what to do with thee - That is, put thyself into the posture of a penitent, that the dispute may be determined in thy favour, and mercy may rejoice against judgment.
And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Compare Exo 33:13. His petition for the nation, and his own claims as a mediator, are now granted to the full.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| גַּ֣ם | gam | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַדָּבָ֥ר | hadavar | the thing | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַזֶּ֛ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ | dibarta | you have spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֑ה | ʾeeseh | I will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מָצָ֤אתָ | matzata | you have found | H4672 → | 455 times |
| חֵן֙ | chen | favor | H2580 → | 69 times |
| בְּעֵינַ֔י | beeinai | in view my | H5869 → | 887 times |
| וָאֵדָעֲךָ֖ | vaedaakha | and I have known you | H3045 → | 945 times |
| בְּשֵֽׁם׃ | beshem | by name | H8034 → | 864 times |
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
גַּ֣םalso
gamH1571 →769 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַדָּבָ֥רthe thing
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
הַזֶּ֛ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבַּ֖רְתָּyou have spoken
dibartaH1696 →1141 times
אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֑הI will do
ʾeesehH6213 →2628 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
מָצָ֤אתָyou have found
matzataH4672 →455 times
חֵן֙favor
chenH2580 →69 times
בְּעֵינַ֔יin view my
beeinaiH5869 →887 times
וָאֵדָעֲךָ֖and I have known you
vaedaakhaH3045 →945 times
בְּשֵֽׁם׃by name
beshemH8034 →864 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 65:24Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
it leads to
- Daniel 10:12
“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response…
- 1 John 5:14–15
And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
- Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
- Isaiah 58:9
Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and…
- Psalms 91:15
When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
- Daniel 10:12
Through
Genesis 6:8Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
it leads to
- Hebrews 4:16
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
- Genesis 19:19
Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I…
- Hebrews 4:16
Through
Exodus 33:12Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I…
it leads to
- John 10:14–15
I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
- John 10:14–15
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 40; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.