Exodus 3:5

Moses at the Burning Bush

4When 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.” 6Then 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.

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Berean Standard Bible
“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And he said: Come not nigh hither, put off the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Free Bible Version
“Don't come any closer!” God told him. “Take off your sandals because you're standing on holy ground.”
Geneva Bible 1599
Then he saide, Come not hither, put thy shooes off thy feete: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
King James (Authorized) 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.
One Unity Resource Bible
He said, “Don’t come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”
Translation for Translators
Yahweh said, “Do not come closer! Because I am God, the ground on which you are standing is holy/taboo. So take off your sandals to show respect to me.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
God said, “Do not come any closer! Take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are standing is ground that is set apart to me.”
Noah 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.
World English Bible
He said, “Don’t come close. Take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”
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.'