Exodus 33 · Verse 16

Exodus 33:16

For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
Exodus 33:16, King James Version

Exodus 33:16 in other translations

BSBFor how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
WEBFor how would people know that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Isn’t it that you go with us, so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people who are on the surface of the earth?”
ASVFor wherein now shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in that thou goest with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth?
YLTand in what is it known now, that I have found grace in Thine eyes--I and Thy people--is it not in Thy going with us? and we have been distinguished--I and Thy people--from all the people who are on the face of the ground.'
DARBYAnd how shall it be known then that I have found grace in thine eyes — I and thy people? Is it not by thy going with us? so shall we be distinguished, I and thy people, from every people that is on the face of the earth.
BBEFor is not the fact of your going with us the sign that I and this people have grace in your eyes, so that we, that is, I and your people, are separate from all other people on the face of the earth?
WebsterFor wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? Is it not in that thou goest with us? So shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

What does Exodus 33:16 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 So shall we be separated - By having this Divine protection we shall be saved from idolatry, and be preserved in thy truth and in the true worshipping of thee; and thus shall we be separated from all the people that are upon the face of the earth: as all the nations of the world, the Jews only excepted, were at this time idolaters.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 33:12-23

Moses is very earnest with God. Thus, by the intercession of Christ, we are not only saved from ruin, but become entitled to everlasting happiness. Observe here how he pleads. We find grace in God's sight, if we find grace in our hearts to guide and quicken us in the way of our duty. Moses speaks as one who dreaded the thought of going forward without the Lord's presence. God's gracious promises, and mercy towards…

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Exodus 33:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבַמֶּ֣ה\׀u.va.Mehand <in> how?H4100
יִוָּדַ֣עyi.va.Da'will it be knownH3045
אֵפ֗וֹא'e.Fo'thenH645
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
מָצָ֨אתִיma.Tza.tiI have foundH4672
חֵ֤ןchenfavorH2580
בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙be.'ei.Nei.khain view yourH5869
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589
וְעַמֶּ֔ךָve.'a.Me.khaand people yourH5971
הֲל֖וֹאha.Lo'¿ notH3808
בְּלֶכְתְּךָ֣be.lekh.te.Khaby going youH1980
עִמָּ֑נוּ'i.Ma.nuwith usH5973
וְנִפְלֵ֙ינוּ֙ve.nif.Lei.nuand we will be distinguishedH6395
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589
וְעַמְּךָ֔ve.'a.me.Khaand people yourH5971
מִכָּ֨ל\־mi.kolfrom everyH3605
הָעָ֔םha.'Am<the> peopleH5971
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834
עַל\־'al-[is] onH5921
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440
הָאֲדָמָֽה\׃\ \פha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 33:16

  • Deuteronomy 4:7

    For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

  • Numbers 14:14

    And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.

  • 1 Kings 8:53

    For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

  • Matthew 1:23

    Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

  • Exodus 34:10

    And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the Lord: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.

  • Exodus 8:22

    And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.

  • Exodus 19:5-6

    Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:17

    Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

  • 2 Samuel 7:23

    And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

  • Psalms 147:20

    He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.

  • Numbers 23:9

    For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

  • Deuteronomy 4:34

    Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

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in that.
Nu 14:14; Mt 1:23
separated.
8:22; 19:5,6; 34:10; Nu 23:9; De 4:7,34; 2Sa 7:23; 1Ki 8:53
Ps 147:20; 2Co 6:17

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Context

  • Exodus 33:15

    And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.

  • Exodus 33:16

    For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

  • Exodus 33:17

    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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Exodus 33:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Y en qué se conocerá aquí que he hallado gracia en tus ojos, yo y tu pueblo, sino en andar tú con nosotros, y que yo y tu pueblo seamos apartados de todos los pueblos que están sobre la faz de la tierra?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
car à quoi connaîtra-t-on que j’ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, moi et ton peuple? Ne sera-ce pas en ce que tu marcheras avec nous? Ainsi, moi et ton peuple, nous serons séparés de tout peuple qui est sur la face de la terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und woran soll es denn erkannt werden, daß ich Gnade gefunden habe in deinen Augen, ich und dein Volk? Nicht daran, daß du mit uns gehst und wir ausgesondert werden, ich und dein Volk, aus jedem Volke, das auf dem Erdboden ist?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In quo enim scire poterimus ego et populus tuus invenisse nos gratiam in conspectu tuo, nisi ambulaveris nobiscum, ut glorificemur ab omnibus populis qui habitant super terram?