Exodus 4:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ Then Moses answered, “But look, they may not believe me or listen to me but say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ AND MOSES answered, But behold, they will not believe me or listen to and obey my voice; for they will say, The Lord has not appeared to you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto thee.

Common English Bible

¹ Then Moses replied, “But what if they don’t believe me or pay attention to me? They might say to me, ‘The LORD didn’t appear to you!’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Responding, Moses said, "They will not believe me, and they will not listen to my voice, but they will say: 'The Lord has not appeared to you.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Moses answered and said: They will not believe me, nor hear my voice. But they will say: The Lord hath not appeared to thee.

Exodus 4:1 Cross References

1 Kings 13:3

He gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: The altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.”

Exodus 2:14

He answered, “Who made you a ruler and judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “Surely the thing is known.”

Exodus 3:15

God also said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you’: This is my name forever, and this my title for all generations.

Exodus 3:16

“Go and assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me, saying: I have given heed to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt.

Exodus 3:18

They will listen to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us; let us now go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’

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 4:30

Aaron spoke all the words that the Lord had spoken to Moses and performed the signs in the sight of the people.

Exodus 4:31

The people believed, and when they heard that the Lord had given heed to the Israelites and that he had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.

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.”

Ezekiel 3:14

The spirit lifted me up and bore me away; I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the Lord being strong upon me.

Acts 7:25

He supposed that his kinsfolk would understand that God through him was rescuing them, but they did not understand.

Judges 6:17

Then he said to him, “If now I have found favor with you, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.