“eye to eye.” The Hebrew text says, “eye to eye,” even though most translations say “face to face” (but see Rotherham and Young’s Literal Translation). Communication that is “eye to eye” is as intimate and personal as possible. The only other occurrence of “eye to eye” in the Bible is Isaiah 52:8, which speaks of how the watchmen in Jerusalem will shout for joy when Yahweh returns to Zion, which He does by sending the Messiah, His Son.