Exodus 33:22 (DRB)

Passage

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:

Nearby Context

Exodus 33:20 And again he said: Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me, and live.

Exodus 33:21 And again he said: Behold there is a place with me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock.

Exodus 33:22 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:

Exodus 33:23 And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face thou canst not see.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "glory", "shall", "pass", "thee", "hole", "rock", and "protect". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "glory" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "And again he said Behold there is..." into verse 23's "And I will take away my hand...", so "glory" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Exodus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "glory" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.