Christian Standard Bible
Exodus 4:12
12Now go! I will help you speak and I will teach you what to say.”
Exodus 4:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
- New International Version (NIV)Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.”
Context of Exodus 4:12
10But Moses replied to the Lord, “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent — either in the past or recently or since you have been speaking to your servant — because my mouth and my tongue are sluggish.” 11The Lord said to him, “Who placed a mouth on humans? Who makes a person mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go! I will help you speak and I will teach you what to say.” 13Moses said, “Please, Lord, send someone else.” 14Then the Lord’s anger burned against Moses, and he said, “Isn’t Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, he is on his way now to meet you. He will rejoice when he sees you.
Read all of Exodus 4Exodus 4:12 word by word
וְעַתָּ֖ה לֵ֑ךְ וְאָנֹכִי֙ אֶֽהְיֶ֣ה עִם־פִּ֔יךָ וְהוֹרֵיתִ֖יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּדַבֵּֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Exodus 4:12
- Psalms 25:4Make your ways known to me, Lord; teach me your paths.
- Psalms 32:9Do not be like a horse or mule, without understanding, that must be controlled with bit and bridle or else it will not come near you.
- Psalms 143:10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me on level ground.
- Isaiah 49:2He made my words like a sharp sword; he hid me in the shadow of his hand. He made me like a sharpened arrow; he hid me in his quiver.
- Isaiah 50:4The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are instructed to know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens me each morning; he awakens my ear to listen like those being instructed.
- Jeremiah 1:9Then the Lord reached out his hand, touched my mouth, and told me: I have now filled your mouth with my words.
- Matthew 10:19But when they hand you over, don’t worry about how or what you are to speak. For you will be given what to say at that hour,
- Mark 13:11So when they arrest you and hand you over, don’t worry beforehand what you will say, but say whatever is given to you at that time, for it isn’t you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
- Luke 11:1He was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”
- Luke 12:11Whenever they bring you before synagogues and rulers and authorities, don’t worry about how you should defend yourselves or what you should say.
- Luke 21:14Therefore make up your minds not to prepare your defense ahead of time,
- John 14:26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have told you.
- Ephesians 6:19Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel.
Commentaries on Exodus 4:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12I will be with thy mouth - The Chaldee translates, My Word, meimeri, shall be with thy mouth. And Jonathan ben Uzziel paraphrases, I and my Word will be with the speech of thy mouth. See Clarke on Genesis 15:1; (note), and Leviticus 25:10; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Compare with this our Lord‘s promise to His Apostles; Matthew 10:19; Mark 13:11.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-17Verses 10-17 Moses continued backward to the work God designed him for; there was much of cowardice, slothfulness, and unbelief in him. We must not judge of men by the readiness of their discourse. A great deal of wisdom and true worth may be with a slow tongue. God sometimes makes choice of those as his messengers, who have the least of the advantages of art or nature, that his grace in them may appear the more glorious. Christ's disciples were no…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-17The fourth and final protest of Moses was that he could not speak well. He seemed desperate to avoid this difficult task. God was becoming angry at Moses for refusing to accept the truth. The outcome did not depend on the ability of Moses. Instead, it depended on his willingness to let God's power work through him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1310-13. I am not eloquent--It is supposed that Moses labored under a natural defect of utterance or had a difficulty in the free and fluent expression of his ideas in the Egyptian language, which he had long disused. This new objection was also overruled, but still Moses, who foresaw the manifold difficulties of the undertaking, was anxious to be freed from the responsibility.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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