5He said, |Don't come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.|


In Context

2 The angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

3 Moses said, |I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.|

4 When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, |Moses! Moses!| He said, |Here I am.|

5 He said, |Don't come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, 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; for he was afraid to look at God.

7 Yahweh 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 Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:5"Do not come any closer," God said. "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And he said: Come not nigh hither, put off the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: loose thy sandals from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5And he said, Approach not hither: put off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5And He saith, 'Come not near hither: cast thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place on which thou art standing is holy ground.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And he said, Draw not near here: put off your shoes from off your feet, for the place where on you stand is holy ground.