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2 Corinthians 3:13

NETBible	and not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites¹ from staring² at the result³ of the glory that was made ineffective.⁴
NIV © biblegateway 2Co 3:13	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.
NASB © biblegateway 2Co 3:13	and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of what was fading away.
NLT © biblegateway 2Co 3:13	We are not like Moses, who put a veil over his face so the people of Israel would not see the glory fading away.
MSG © biblegateway 2Co 3:13	Unlike Moses, we have nothing to hide. Everything is out in the open with us. He wore a veil so the children of Israel wouldn't notice that the glory was fading away--
BBE © SABDAweb 2Co 3:13	And are not like Moses, who put a veil on his face, so that the children of Israel might not see clearly to the end of the present order of things:
NRSV © bibleoremus 2Co 3:13	not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of the glory that was being set aside.
NKJV © biblegateway 2Co 3:13	unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away.
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KJV	And <2532> not <3756> as <2509> Moses <3475>_, [which] put <5087> (5707) a vail <2571> over <1909> his <1438> face <4383>_, that <4314> the children <5207> of Israel <2474> could <816> (0) not <3361> stedfastly look <816> (5658) to <1519> the end <5056> of that which is abolished <2673> (5746)_:
NASB © biblegateway 2Co 3:13	and are not like <2509> Moses <3475> , who used to put <5087> a veil <2571> over <1909> his face <4383> so <4314> that the sons <5207> of Israel <2474> would not look <816> intently <816> at the end <5056> of what was fading <2673> away <2673> .
NET [draft] ITL	and <2532> not <3756> like <2509> Moses <3475> who used to put <5087> a veil <2571> over <1909> his <846> face <4383> to <4314> keep <3361> the Israelites <5207> <2474> from staring <816> at <1519> the result <5056> of the glory that was made ineffective <2673> .
GREEK	kai <2532> CONJ ou <3756> PRT-N kayaper <2509> ADV mwushv <3475> N-NSM etiyei <5087> (5707) V-IAI-3S kalumma <2571> N-ASN epi <1909> PREP to <3588> T-ASN proswpon <4383> N-ASN autou <846> P-GSM prov <4314> PREP to <3588> T-ASN mh <3361> PRT-N atenisai <816> (5658) V-AAN touv <3588> T-APM uiouv <5207> N-APM israhl <2474> N-PRI eiv <1519> PREP to <3588> T-ASN telov <5056> N-ASN tou <3588> T-GSN katargoumenou <2673> (5746) V-PPP-GSN

NETBible

and not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites¹ from staring² at the result³ of the glory that was made ineffective.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “the sons of Israel.”

²tn Or “from gazing intently.”

³tn Or “end.” The word τέλος (telos) can mean both “a point of time marking the end of a duration, end, termination, cessation” and “the goal toward which a movement is being directed, end, goal, outcome” (see BDAG 998-999 s.v.). The translation accepts the interpretation that Moses covered the glory of his face with the veil to prevent Israel from being judged by the glory of God (see S. J. Hafemann, Paul, Moses, and the History of Israel [WUNT 81], 347-62); in this case the latter meaning for τέλος is more appropriate.

⁴tn Or “was fading away”; Grk “on the result of what was made ineffective.” The referent (glory) has been specified in the translation for clarity. See note on “which was made ineffective” in v. 7.