Exodus 3:3

New Century Version

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

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

¹ One day Moses was taking care of Jethro's flock. (Jethro was the priest of Midian and also Moses' father-in-law.) When Moses led the flock to the west side of the desert, he came to Sinai, the mountain of God. ² There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire coming out of a bush. Moses saw that the bush was on fire, but it was not burning up. ³ So he said, "I will go closer to this strange thing. How can a bush continue burning without burning up?" ⁴ When the Lord saw Moses was coming to look at the bush, God called to him from the bush, "Moses, Moses!" And Moses said, "Here I am." ⁵ Then God said, "Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, because you are standing on holy ground. ⁶ I am the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Moses covered his face because he was afraid to look at God.

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

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Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
The man said, "You gave this woman to me and she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it."

Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "How could you have done such a thing?" She answered, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."

Genesis 3:16
Then God said to the woman, "I will cause you to have much trouble when you are pregnant, and when you give birth to children, you will have great pain. You will greatly desire your husband, but he will rule over you."

Genesis 3:17
Then God said to the man, "You listened to what your wife said, and you ate fruit from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat. "So I will put a curse on the ground, and you will have to work very hard for your food. In pain you will eat its food all the days of your life.

Genesis 20:6
Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, "Yes, I know you did not realize what you were doing. So I did not allow you to sin against me and touch her.

1 Chronicles 16:22
He said, "Don't touch my chosen people, and don't harm my prophets."

Job 1:11
But reach out your hand and destroy everything he has, and he will curse you to your face."

Job 2:5
But reach out your hand and destroy his flesh and bones, and he will curse you to your face."

Job 19:21
Pity me, my friends, pity me, because the hand of God has hit me.

1 Corinthians 7:1
Now I will discuss the things you wrote me about. It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.

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?