Exodus 3:5
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
In context
3 So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?”
4 When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.
5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where 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.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
7 The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
Exodus 3:5 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
- KJV 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- He said, “Don’t come close. Take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”
- ASV 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.
- YLT Young's 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.'
- DBY 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he said, Approach not hither: put off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.