Can God be seen?

The Bible both claims that no one has seen the Father and claims that many have. First, let us examine several passages that make the first claim:

JOHN 1:18—“No man hath seen God at any time.”

JOHN 6:46–“Not that any man hath seen the Father.”

1 TIMOTHY 1:17—“Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever.”

1 TIMOTHY 6:16—“Whom no man hath seen nor can see.”

1 JOHN 4:12—“No man hath seen God at any time.”

EXODUS 33:20—GOD TOLD MOSES: “You cannot see My face; for no man can see Me and live.”

On the other hand, God can be seen and many have seen God:

Exodus 33:11—“And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend.”

Deuteronomy 34:10—“And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face.”

Genesis 32:30—“And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

Exodus 24:9-11—“Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. And they saw the God of Israel ... They saw God, and did eat and drink.”

Numbers 14:14—“For they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face.”

Deuteronomy 5:4—“The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire.”

1 Kings 22:19—“I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.”

Job 42:5—“I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.”

Isaiah 6:1—“In the year that King Ussiah died, I saw, also, the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up.”

Isaiah 6:5—“For mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.”

Ezekiel 1:27—“And saw ... the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward....”

Ezekiel 20:35—“And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.”

Amos 7:7—“The LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.”

Amos 9:1—“I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake.”

Habakkuk 3:3-5—“God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran .... He had horns coming out of his hand.”

Matthew 18:9—“Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.”

Exodus 33:23—“And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my backparts.”

Judges 13:19-22—“And the LORD did an amazing thing while Manoah and his wife watched... Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground. And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”

Some would be tempted to call this a contradiction or ask, Which is it, can God be seen or not. I prefer to listen to the various voices rather than demanding that the Bible (and distorting it to) speak with one voice.