Exodus 4:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor even now that you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not eloquent or a man of words, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and have a heavy and awkward tongue.

American Standard Version (1901)

And Moses said unto Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

Common English Bible

But Moses said to the LORD, “My Lord, I’ve never been able to speak well, not yesterday, not the day before, and certainly not now since you’ve been talking to your servant. I have a slow mouth and a thick tongue.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Moses said: "I beg you, O Lord, I was not eloquent yesterday or the day before. And from the time that you have spoken to your servant, I have a greater impediment and slowness of tongue."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Moses said: I beseech thee, Lord, I am not eloquent from yesterday and the day before; and since thou hast spoken to thy servant, I have more impediment and slowness of tongue.

Exodus 4:10 Cross References

Job 12:2

“No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

Exodus 3:11

But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

Exodus 4:1

Then Moses answered, “But look, they may not believe me or listen to me but say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you.’ ”

Exodus 6:12

But Moses spoke to the Lord, “The Israelites have not listened to me; why should Pharaoh listen to me, poor speaker that I am?”

Exodus 6:30

But Moses said to the Lord, “Since I am a poor speaker, why should Pharaoh listen to me?”

Jeremiah 1:6

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy.”

Micah 6:4

For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

Acts 7:22

So Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.

2 Corinthians 10:10

For someone says, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible.”

2 Corinthians 11:6

Even if I am untrained in speech, I certainly am not with respect to knowledge; certainly in every way and in all things we have made this evident to you.