Exodus 3:3

JPS Old Testament

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

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Moshe said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

King James Version
And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

Lexham English Bible
And Moses said, "Let me turn aside and see this great sight. Why does the bush not burn up?"

New Century Version
So he said, "I will go closer to this strange thing. How can a bush continue burning without burning up?"

New English Translation
So Moses thought, "I will turn aside to see this amazing sight. Why does the bush not burn up?"

Amplified Bible
So Moses said, "I must turn away [from the flock] and see this great sight—why the bush is not burned up."

New American Standard Bible
So Moses said, "I must turn aside and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burning up!"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore Moses saide, I will turne aside nowe, and see this great sight, why the bush burneth not.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Moses said, "I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burned up?"

Contemporary English Version
"This is strange!" he said to himself. "I'll go over and see why the bush isn't burning up."

Complete Jewish Bible
Moshe said, "I'm going to go over and see this amazing sight and find out why the bush isn't being burned up."

Darby Translation
And Moses said, Let me now turn aside and see this great sight, why the thorn-bush is not burnt.

Easy-to-Read Version
So he decided to go closer to the bush and see how a bush could continue burning without being burned up.

English Standard Version
And Moses said, "I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned."

George Lamsa Translation
And Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.

Good News Translation
"This is strange," he thought. "Why isn't the bush burning up? I will go closer and see."

Christian Standard Bible®
So Moses thought, “I must go over and look at this remarkable sight. Why isn’t the bush burning up?”

Literal Translation
And Moses said, I will turn aside now and see this great sight, why the thorn bush is not burned up.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and saide: I wil go hence, and se this greate sight, why ye bush is not brent.

American Standard Version
And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

Bible in Basic English
And Moses said, I will go and see this strange thing, why the tree is not burned up,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore Moyses sayde: I wyll go nowe and see this great syght, howe it commeth that the busshe burneth not.

King James Version (1611)
And Moses saide, I will nowe turne aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses said, I will go near and see this great sight, why the bush is not consumed.

English Revised Version
And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

Berean Standard Bible
So Moses thought, "I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Moyses seide, Y schal go and schal se this greet siyt, whi the buysch is not forbrent.

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses saith, `Let me turn aside, I pray thee, and I see this great appearance; wherefore is the bush not burned?'

Update Bible Version
And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

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

New King James Version
Then Moses said, "I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn."

New Living Translation
"This is amazing," Moses said to himself. "Why isn't that bush burning up? I must go see it."

New Life Bible
So Moses said, "I must step aside and see this great thing, why the bush is not being burned up."

New Revised Standard
Then Moses said, "I must turn aside and look at this great sight, and see why the bush is not burned up."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Moses said, Let me turn aside, pray, and see this great sight, - why the thorn-bush, doth not burn up.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses said: I will go, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

Revised Standard Version
And Moses said, "I will turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt."

THE MESSAGE
Moses said, "What's going on here? I can't believe this! Amazing! Why doesn't the bush burn up?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Moses said, "I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up."

Contextual Overview

¹ Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the farthest end of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb. ² And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. ³ And Moses said: 'I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.' ⁴ And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said: 'Moses, Moses.' And he said: 'Here am I.' ⁵ And He said: 'Draw not nigh hither; put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.' ⁶ Moreover He said: 'I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Job 37:14, Psalms 107:8, Psalms 111:2-4, Acts 7:31

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:17 - smoking Genesis 46:2 - Jacob Exodus 19:21 - break Daniel 10:8 - I was Luke 2:15 - Let

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
And the man said: 'The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.'

Genesis 3:13
And the LORD God said unto the woman: 'What is this thou hast done?' And the woman said: 'The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.'

Genesis 3:16
Unto the woman He said: 'I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.'

Genesis 3:17
And unto Adam He said: 'Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

Genesis 20:6
And God said unto him in the dream: 'Yea, I know that in the simplicity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against Me. Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

1 Chronicles 16:22
'Touch not Mine anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.'

Job 1:11
But put forth Thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, surely he will blaspheme Thee to Thy face.'

Job 2:5
But put forth Thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, surely he will blaspheme Thee to Thy face.'

Job 19:21
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moses said, I will now turn aside,.... From the place where he was, and the flock he was feeding, and get nearer to the bush, which seems to have been on one side of him and not directly before him:

and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt; inquire into, and find out, if he could, the reason of this strange and amazing sight; how it could be that a bush should be on fire and yet not burnt up, which might have been expected would have been destroyed at once; for what is a thorn or bramble bush to devouring flames of fire, as these appeared to be?