13We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at it while the radiance was fading away.


In Context

10 For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory.

11 And if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!

12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.

13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at it while the radiance was fading away.

14 But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.

15 Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.

2nd Corinthians 3:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:13And not as Moses, [which] put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:13And not as Moses put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look on the face of that which is made void.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:13and are not as Moses, who put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel should not look stedfastly on the end of that which was passing away:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:13and not according as Moses put a veil on his own face, so that the children of Israel should not fix their eyes on the end of that annulled.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:13and are not as Moses, who put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel should not look stedfastly on the end of that which was passing away:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:13And not as Moses, who put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:13and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn't look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:13and are not as Moses, who was putting a vail upon his own face, for the sons of Israel not stedfastly to look to the end of that which is being made useless,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:13And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: