New English Translation
Exodus 4:12
12So now go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you must 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
10Then Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I am not an eloquent man, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.” 11The Lord said to him, “Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? So now go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you must say.” 13But Moses said, “O my Lord, please send anyone else whom you wish to send!” 14Then the Lord became angry with Moses, and he said, “What about your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he can speak very well. Moreover, he is coming to meet you, and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.
Read all of Exodus 4Exodus 4:12 word by word
וְעַתָּ֖ה לֵ֑ךְ וְאָנֹכִי֙ אֶֽהְיֶ֣ה עִם־פִּ֔יךָ וְהוֹרֵיתִ֖יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּדַבֵּֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 4:12
- Psalms 25:4Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach me your paths!
- Psalms 32:9Do not be like an unintelligent horse or mule, which will not obey you unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit.
- Psalms 143:10Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.
- Isaiah 49:2He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the hollow of his hand; he made me like a sharpened arrow, he hid me in his quiver.
- Isaiah 50:4The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.
- Jeremiah 1:9Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I will most assuredly give you the words you are to speak for me.
- Matthew 10:19Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time.
- Mark 13:11When they arrest you and hand you over for trial, do not worry about what to speak. But say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
- Luke 11:1Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
- Luke 12:11But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,
- Luke 21:14Therefore be resolved not to rehearse ahead of time how to make your defense.
- John 14:26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.
- Ephesians 6:19Pray for me also, that I may be given the message when I begin to speak – that I may confidently make known 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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