And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared {him}.

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom {be} honour and power everlasting. Amen.

Lo, these {are} parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. {darkly: Gr. in a riddle}

With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

And they saw the God of Israel: and {there was} under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in {his} clearness.

And it was {so}, when Elijah heard {it}, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, {there came} a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?