Parallel Verses

Amplified

Then God said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet [out of respect], because the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

New American Standard Bible

Then He said, “Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

King James Version

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Holman Bible

“Do not come closer,” He said. “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

International Standard Version

"Do not come any closer," God said. "Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you are standing is holy ground."

A Conservative Version

And he said, Do not draw near here. Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place on which thou stand is holy ground.

American Standard Version

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Bible in Basic English

And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

Darby Translation

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: loose thy sandals from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Julia Smith Translation

And he will say, Thou shalt not draw near hither; draw off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place which thou standest upon it, this is holy land.

King James 2000

And he said, Draw not near here: put off your shoes from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he said, "You must not come near to here. Take off your sandals from on your feet, because the place on which you [are] standing, it [is] holy ground."

Modern King James verseion

And He said, Do not come near here. Pull off your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he said, "Come not hither, but put thy shoes off thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground."

NET Bible

God said, "Do not approach any closer! Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground."

New Heart English Bible

He said, "Do not come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."

The Emphasized Bible

And he said - Do not draw nigh hither, - put off thy sandals from thy feet, for, the place whereon thou art standing is holy ground.

Webster

And he said, Approach not hither: put off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.

World English Bible

He said, "Don't come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."

Youngs Literal Translation

And He saith, 'Come not near hither: cast thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place on which thou art standing is holy ground.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he said

Usage: 0

Draw not nigh
קרב 
Qarab 
Usage: 280

הלם 
Halom 
Usage: 11

נשׁל 
Nashal 
Usage: 7

נעלה נעל 
Na`al 
Usage: 22

רגל 
Regel 
Usage: 247

for the place
מקמה מקומה מקם מקום 
Maqowm 
Usage: 401

is holy
קדשׁ 
Qodesh 
Usage: 470

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Exodus 3:5

References

Prayers for Exodus 3:5

Context Readings

Yahweh's Plan To Rescue The Israelites

4 When the Lord saw that he turned away [from the flock] to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” 5 Then God said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet [out of respect], because the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” 6 Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.


Cross References

Joshua 5:15

The captain of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you are standing is holy (set apart to the Lord).” And Joshua did so.

Acts 7:33

Then the Lord said to him, ‘Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground [worthy of reverence and respect].

Exodus 19:12

You shall set barriers for the people all around [the mountain], saying, ‘Beware that you do not go up on the mountain or touch its border; whoever touches the mountain must be put to death.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps and focus on what you are doing as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the [careless or irreverent] sacrifice of fools; for they are too ignorant to know they are doing evil.

Genesis 28:16-17

Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and he said, “Without any doubt the Lord is in this place, and I did not realize it.”

Exodus 19:21

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, so that they do not break through [the barriers around the mountain] to the Lord to see [Me], and many of them perish [as a result].

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord said:

‘I will be treated as holy by those who approach Me,
And before all the people I will be honored.’”


So Aaron, therefore, said nothing.

Hebrews 12:20

For they could not bear the command, “If even a wild animal touches the mountain, it will be stoned [to death].”

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