Exodus 3:5
World English Bible (WEB)
He said, “Don’t come close. Take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”
In context
3 Moses said, “I will go now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.”
4 When the LORD saw that he came over to see, God called to him out of the middle of the bush, and said, “Moses! Moses!” He said, “Here I am.”
5 He said, “Don’t come close. Take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”
6 Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.
7 The LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Exodus 3:5 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He said, “Don’t come close. Take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on 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.
- 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.”
- 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.