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The Call of Moses

Acts 7:33

In 9 translations

BSB
Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
KJV
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
WEB
The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
ASV
And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
LSV
and the LORD said to him, Loose the sandal of your feet, for the place in which you have stood is holy ground;
YLT
and the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place in which thou hast stood is holy ground;
DBY
And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.
DRC
And the Lord said to him: Loose the shoes from thy feet, for the place wherein thou standest, is holy ground.
GNV
Then the Lord said to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feete: for the place where thou standest, is holy ground.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐφ᾽ (“on”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐν (“in”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἐφʼ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐφʼ; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος· Λῦσον τὸ ὑπόδημα τῶν ποδῶν σου, ὁ γὰρ τόπος ἐφʼ ᾧ ἕστηκας γῆ ἁγία ἐστίν.
RP2018
Εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος, Λῦσον τὸ ὑπόδημα τῶν ποδῶν σου· ὁ γὰρ τόπος ἐν ᾧ ἕστηκας γῆ ἁγία ἐστίν.
TR-Boyd
Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Κύριος, Λῦσον τὸ ὑπόδημα τῶν ποδῶν σου· ὁ γὰρ τόπος ἐν ᾧ ἕστηκας γῆ ἁγία ἐστίν.
SCR1894
ειπεν δε αυτω ο κυριος λυσον το υποδημα των ποδων σου ο γαρ τοπος εν ω εστηκας γη αγια εστιν

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 3:5“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
  • Joshua 5:15The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
  • 2 Peter 1:18And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
  • Ecclesiastes 5:1Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

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