Acts 7:31

Easy-to-Read Version

When Moses saw this, he was amazed. He went near to look closer at it. He heard a voice; it was the Lord's.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight. As he was approaching to look at it, the voice of the Lord came:

King James Version (1611)
When Moses saw it, he wondred at the sight: and as he drew neere to behold it, the voyce of the Lord came vnto him,

King James Version
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,

English Standard Version
When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and as he drew near to look, there came the voice of the Lord:

New American Standard Bible
"When Moses saw it, he was astonished at the sight; and as he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came:

New Century Version
When Moses saw this, he was amazed and went near to look closer. Moses heard the Lord's voice say,

Amplified Bible
"When Moses saw it, he was astonished at the sight; but as he went near to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came [to him, saying]:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he approached to look more closely, there came the voice of the Lord:

Legacy Standard Bible
When Moses saw it, he was marveling at the sight; and as he approached to look more closely, there came the voice of the Lord:

Berean Standard Bible
When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him:

Contemporary English Version
Moses was surprised by what he saw. He went closer to get a better look, and the Lord said,

Complete Jewish Bible
When Moshe saw this, he was amazed at the sight; and as he approached to get a better look, there came the voice of Adonai ,

Darby Translation
And Moses seeing it wondered at the vision; and as he went up to consider it, there was a voice of [the] Lord,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when Moses sawe it, hee wondred at the sight: and as he drew neere to consider it, the voyce of the Lord came vnto him, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to look at it, the LORD spoke to him in a loud voice,

Good News Translation
Moses was amazed by what he saw, and went near the bush to get a better look. But he heard the Lord's voice:

Lexham English Bible
And when Moses saw it, he was astonished at the sight, and when he approached to look at it, the voice of the Lord came:

Literal Translation
And seeing, Moses marveled at the sight. And he coming up to look, a voice of the Lord came to him:

American Standard Version
And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord,

Bible in Basic English
And Moses, seeing it, was full of wonder, and when he came up to have a nearer view of it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying,

Hebrew Names Version
When Moshe saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came to him,

International Standard Version
When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to look at it, the voice of the Lord said,came">[fn]

Etheridge Translation
And while Musha looked, he wondered at the sight. And as he drew near to gaze, the Lord spake to him with the voice:

Murdock Translation
And when Moses saw [fn] , he admired the sight: and as he drew near to behold [fn] , the Lord said to him, audibly:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
When Moyses sawe it, he wondred at ye sight: And as he drue neare to behold, the voyce of the Lord came vnto hym.

English Revised Version
And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord,

World English Bible
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came to him,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Moses seeing it, wondered at the sight. But as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came to him, I am the God of thy fathers,

Weymouth's New Testament
When Moses saw this he wondered at the sight; but on his going up to look further, the voice of the Lord was heard, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Moises siy, and wondride on the siyt. And whanne he neiyede to biholde, the vois of the Lord was maad to hym,

Update Bible Version
And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to look, there came a voice of the Lord,

Webster's Bible Translation
When Moses saw [it], he wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to behold [it], the voice of the Lord came to him,

New English Translation
When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord,

New King James Version
When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him,

New Living Translation
When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight. As he went to take a closer look, the voice of the Lord called out to him,

New Life Bible
He was surprised and wondered when he saw it. He went up close to see it better. Then he heard the voice of the Lord speak to him.

New Revised Standard
When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight; and as he approached to look, there came the voice of the Lord:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Moses, seeing it, marvelled at the sight; and, as he was going near to observe, there came a voice of the Lord -

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses seeing it wondered at the sight. And as he drew near to view it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying:

Revised Standard Version
When Moses saw it he wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to look, the voice of the Lord came,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
When Moses sawe it he wondred at the syght. And as he drue neare to beholde the voyce of the Lorde came vnto him:

Young's Literal Translation
and Moses having seen did wonder at the sight; and he drawing near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord unto him,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wha Moses sawe it, he wondred at the sighte. But as he drue nye to beholde, ye voyce of ye LORDE came vnto him:

Mace New Testament (1729)
Moses was astonished at this vision: and as he drew near to observe it, he heard the voice of the Lord, which said to him,

Simplified Cowboy Version
Moses couldn't believe his eyes and went over to get a better look. When he got close, God said,

Contextual Overview

³⁰ "Forty years later Moses was in the desert near Mount Sinai. An angel appeared to him in the flame of a burning bush. ³¹ When Moses saw this, he was amazed. He went near to look closer at it. He heard a voice; it was the Lord's. ³² The Lord said, ‘I am the same God your ancestors had—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' Moses began to shake with fear. He was afraid to look at the bush. ³³ "The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, because the place where you are now standing is holy ground. ³⁴ I have seen my people suffer much in Egypt. I have heard my people crying and have come down to save them. Come now, Moses, I am sending you back to Egypt.' ³⁵ "This Moses was the one his people said they did not want. They said, ‘Did anyone say you could be our ruler and judge?' But he is the one God sent to be a ruler and savior. God sent him with the help of an angel, the one Moses saw in the burning bush. ³⁶ So Moses led the people out of Egypt. He worked wonders and miraculous signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and then in the desert for 40 years. ³⁷ "This is the same Moses who said these words to the people of Israel: ‘God will give you a prophet. That prophet will come from among your own people. He will be like me.' ³⁸ This same Moses was with the gathering of God's people in the desert. He was with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and he was with our ancestors. He received life-giving words from God to give to us. ³⁹ "But our ancestors did not want to obey Moses. They rejected him. They wanted to go back to Egypt again.

Bible Verse Review
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and as: Exodus 3:3, Exodus 3:4

Reciprocal: Numbers 12:7 - My servant Hosea 6:5 - have I

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight,.... To see a bush on fire was no extraordinary thing; but to see a bush on fire, and yet not consumed by it, which was the case here, was wonderful indeed: and that an angel of the Lord, or the Lord himself, should appear in it, made it still more amazing; though, as yet, this was not observed by Moses, only the former; and which struck him with wonder, and excited his curiosity:

and as he drew near to behold it; to take a more exact view of it, and satisfy himself with the truth of it, and, if it was possible, to find out the reason why it was not burnt:

the voice of the Lord came unto him; to his ears, out of the bush, and expressed the following words.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He wondered ... - What particularly attracted his attention was the fact that the bush was not consumed, Exodus 3:2-3.

The voice of the Lord - Yahweh spake to him from the midst of the bush. He did not see him. He merely heard a voice.