Exodus 3:3

Amplified Bible

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

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?"

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.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses said: 'I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.'

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

¹Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro (Reuel) his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God. ²The Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing flame of fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was on fire, yet it was not consumed. ³So Moses said, "I must turn away [from the flock] and see this great sight—why the bush is not burned up."⁴When the LORD saw that he turned away [from the flock] to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am." ⁵Then God said, "Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet [out of respect], because the place on which 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." Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at 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 You gave to be with me—she gave me [fruit] from the tree, and I ate it."

Genesis 3:13
Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent beguiled and deceived me, and I ate [from the forbidden tree]."

Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth; In pain you will give birth to children; Yet your desire and longing will be for your husband, And he will rule [with authority] over you and be responsible for you."

Genesis 3:17
Then to Adam the LORD God said, "Because you have listened [attentively] to the voice of your wife, and have eaten [fruit] from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it'; The ground is [now] under a curse because of you; In sorrow and toil you shall eat [the fruit] of it All the days of your life.

Genesis 20:6
Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know you did this in the integrity of your heart, for it was I who kept you back and spared you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not give you an opportunity to touch her.

1 Chronicles 16:22
"Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm."

Job 1:11
"But put forth Your hand now and touch (destroy) all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face."

Job 2:5
"But put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh [and severely afflict him]; and he will curse You to Your face."

Job 19:21
"Have pity on me! Have pity on me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has touched me.

1 Corinthians 7:1
Now as to the matters of which you wrote: It is good (beneficial, advantageous) for a man not to touch a woman [outside marriage].

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?