and they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the essence of the heavens in its clarity.

Moreover He said, I am the God of your fathers; the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.

But He said, You are not able to see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live.

Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.

And Jacob called the name of the place Penuel: For I have seen God face to face, and my soul is delivered.

And the Angel of Jehovah appeared no more to Manoah and his wife. Then Manoah knew that He was the Angel of Jehovah.

And Manoah said to his wife, We shall die the death, because we have seen God!

And Micaiah said, Therefore hear the Word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of Heaven standing by, on His right hand and on His left.

In the year that King Uzziah died I then saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple.

And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of Hosts; the whole earth full of His glory!

Then I said, Woe is me! for I am undone! for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of Hosts.

As the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.

No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

Jesus said to him, Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how do you say, Show us the Father?

who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.

And above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it.

Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around.

And I looked, and there in the expanse that was above the head of the cherubim, there appeared something like a sapphire stone, having the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

And He who sat was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.

And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

And the city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it; and the Lamb is its light.

Who is she who looks forth as the morning, beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?

and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.

He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His appearance was like the sun shining in its strength.

having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.

And the construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like pure glass.