Acts 7:33

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Then the Lord said to him, 'Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
"Then God said to him, 'Take your boots off, cowboy. The land you are standin' on is holy.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"BUT THE LORD SAID TO HIM, 'TAKE OFF THE SANDALS FROM YOUR FEET, FOR THE PLACE ON WHICH YOU ARE STANDING IS HOLY GROUND.

Legacy Standard Bible
But the Lord said to him, ‘Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said, Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

Darby Translation
And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.

New King James Version
"Then the LORD said to him, "Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

Christian Standard Bible®
"Then the Lord said to him: Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

World English Bible
The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet; for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

Weymouth's New Testament
"`Take off your shoes,' said the Lord, `for the spot on which you are standing is holy ground.

King James Version (1611)
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shooes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest, is holy ground.

Literal Translation
And the Lord said to him, "Loosen the sandal from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But ye LORDE sayde vnto hi: Put of thy shues from thy fete, for ye place where thou stondest, is an holy grounde.

Mace New Testament (1729)
then said the Lord to him, "put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

THE MESSAGE
"God said, ‘Kneel and pray. You are in a holy place, on holy ground. I've seen the agony of my people in Egypt. I've heard their groans. I've come to help them. So get yourself ready; I'm sending you back to Egypt.'

Amplified Bible
"THEN THE LORD SAID TO HIM, 'REMOVE THE SANDALS FROM YOUR FEET, FOR THE PLACE WHERE YOU ARE STANDING IS HOLY GROUND [worthy of reverence and respect].

American Standard Version
And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Revised Standard Version
And the Lord said to him, 'Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then sayde ye Lorde to him: Put of thy showes from thy fete for the place where thou stondest is holy grounde.

Update Bible Version
And the Lord said to him, Loose the shoes from your feet: for the place whereon you stand is holy ground.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

Young's Literal Translation
and the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place in which thou hast stood is holy ground;

New Century Version
The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, because you are standing on holy ground.

New English Translation
But the Lord said to him, ‘ Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground .

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to him, "Take off your sandals. The place where you are standing is holy.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, because the place where you are standing is holy ground.

English Standard Version
Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the Lord said to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feete: for the place where thou standest, is holy ground.

George Lamsa Translation
Then the LORD said to him, Take off your shoes from your feet, for the ground on which you stand is holy.

Hebrew Names Version
The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

International Standard Version
Then the Lord said to him, 'Take your shoes off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.Exodus 3:5; Joshua 5:15;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And the Lord said to him, Loose thy sandals from thy feet: for the ground on which thou standest is holy.

Murdock Translation
And the Lord said to him: Loose thy shoes from thy feet; for the ground on which thou standest is holy.

New Living Translation
"Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground.

New Life Bible
"Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take your shoes off your feet! The place where you are standing is holy ground.

English Revised Version
And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

New Revised Standard
Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the Lord said unto him - Loose the sandals of thy feet; for, the place whereon thou art standing, is, hallowed ground.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to him: Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place wherein thou standest is holy ground.

King James Version
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

Lexham English Bible
And the Lord said to him, ‘Untie the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde the Lorde to hym: Put of thy shoes from thy feete, for the place where thou standest, is holy grounde.

Easy-to-Read Version
"The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, because the place where you are now standing is holy ground.

New American Standard Bible
"But the LORD said to him, 'REMOVE YOUR SANDALS FROM YOUR FEET, FOR THE PLACE ON WHICH YOU ARE STANDING IS HOLY GROUND.

Good News Translation
The Lord said to him, ‘Take your sandals off, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But God seide to hym, Do of the schoon of thi feet, for the place in which thou stondist is hooli erthe.

Contextual Overview

³⁰After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai. ³¹When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him: ³²'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look. ³³Then the Lord said to him, 'Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.³⁴I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.' ³⁵This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, 'Who made you ruler and judge?' is the one God sent to be their ruler and redeemer, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. ³⁶He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness. ³⁷This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers.' ³⁸He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us. ³⁹But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Put: Exodus 3:5, Joshua 5:15, Ecclesiastes 5:1, 2 Peter 1:18

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said the Lord to him,.... To Moses, who through curiosity had made too near an approach:

put off thy shoes from thy feet; in token of humility, obedience, and reverence:

for the place where thou standest is holy ground; not really, but relatively, on account of the divine presence in it, and only so long as that continued.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then said the Lord ... - In Exodus 3:0 this is introduced in a different order, as being spoken “before” God said “I am the God,” etc.

Put off thy shoes ... - Exodus 3:5. To put off the shoes; or sandals, was an act of reverence. The ancients were especially not permitted to enter a temple or holy place with their shoes on. Indeed, it was customary for the Jews to remove their shoes whenever they entered any house as a mere matter of civility. Compare the notes on John 13:5. See Joshua 5:15. “The same custom, growing out of the same feeling,” says Prof. Hackett (Illustrations of Scripture, pp. 74, 75), “is observed among the Eastern nations at the present day. The Arabs and Turks never enter the mosques without putting off their shoes. They exact a compliance with this rule from those of a different faith who visit these sacred places. Though, until a recent period, the Muslims excluded Christians entirely from the mosques, they now permit foreigners to enter some of them, provided they leave their shoes at the door, or exchange them for others which have not been defiled by common use.

“A Samaritan from Nablus, who conducted Mr. Robinson and Mr. Smith to the summit of Gerizim, when he came within a certain distance of the spot, took off his shoes, saying it was unlawful for his people to tread with shoes upon this ground, it being holy.”

Is holy ground - Is rendered sacred by the symbol of the divine presence. We should enter the sanctuary, the place set apart for divine worship, not only with reverence in our hearts, but with every “external” indication of veneration. Solemn awe and deep seriousness become the place set apart to the service of God. Compare Ecclesiastes 5:1.