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Exodus 4:12
12Now go; I will help you speak and 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.
- 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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Now go! I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say.”
Context of Exodus 4:12
10Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.” 11The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.” 13But Moses said, “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.” 14Then the Lord’s anger burned against Moses and he said, “What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and he will be glad to see you.
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 25:4Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.
- Psalms 32:9Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.
- Psalms 143:10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
- Isaiah 49:2He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in his quiver.
- Isaiah 50:4The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
- Jeremiah 1:9Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth.
- Matthew 10:19But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say,
- Mark 13:11Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
- Luke 11:1One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
- Luke 12:11“When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,
- Luke 21:14But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves.
- John 14:26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
- Ephesians 6:19Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly 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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