Exodus 6:30 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But Moses said to the Lord, Behold, I am of deficient and impeded speech; how then shall Pharaoh listen to me?

American Standard Version (1901)

And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

Common English Bible

But Moses replied to the LORD, “Look, I’m not a very good speaker. How is Pharaoh ever going to listen to me?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And Moses said in the sight of the Lord: "Lo, I am of uncircumcised lips, how will Pharaoh listen to me?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Moses said before the Lord: Lo, I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharao hear me?

Exodus 6:30 Cross References

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 4:10

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.”

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?”

Isaiah 6:5

And I said, “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

Jeremiah 1:6

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