Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
Then He said, “Do not come near here;
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.
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.”
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.'
Themes
Egypt » History of israel in » Moses sent to pharaoh
Feet » Origin of uncovering in consecrated places
Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Shoe or sandal
God » Remember » Reverence for
Israel » moses » Comissioned » deliverer
moses » Has the vision of the burning bush
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » moses
Revelation » God reveals himself to moses
Reverence » Godly » Awe » For God and sacred things encouraged
Interlinear
Qarab
Regel
Maqowm
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 3:5
Prayers for Exodus 3:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Plan To Rescue The Israelites
4 And when the Lord saw him turning to one side to see, God said his name out of the tree, crying, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 5 And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy. 6 And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.
Cross References
Joshua 5:15
And the captain of the Lord's army said to Joshua, Take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy. And Joshua did so.
Acts 7:33
And the Lord said, Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.
Exodus 19:12
And let limits be marked out for the people round the mountain, and say to them, Take care not to go up the mountain or near the sides of it: whoever puts his foot on the mountain will certainly come to his death:
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.
Genesis 28:16-17
And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it.
Exodus 19:21
And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction.
Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.
Hebrews 12:20
For the order which said, If the mountain is touched even by a beast, the beast is to be stoned, seemed hard to them;