Exodus 6:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But Moses replied, “I'm not a powerful speaker. If the Israelites won't listen to me, why should the king of Egypt?”

Cross References

Exodus 3:11

But Moses said, “Who am I to go to the king and lead your people out of Egypt?”

Exodus 3:13

Moses answered, “I will tell the people of Israel that the God their ancestors worshipped has sent me to them. But what should I say, if they ask me your name?”

Exodus 4:1

Moses asked the LORD, “Suppose everyone refuses to listen to my message, and no one believes that you really appeared to me?”

Exodus 4:10

Moses replied, “I have never been a good speaker. I wasn't one before you spoke to me, and I'm not one now. I am slow at speaking, and I can never think of what to say.”

Exodus 6:13

But the LORD sent Aaron and Moses with a message for the Israelites and for the king; he also ordered Aaron and Moses to free the people from Egypt.

Exodus 6:30

But Moses answered, “You know I am a very poor speaker, and the king will never listen to me.”

Exodus 6:9

When Moses told this to the Israelites, they were too discouraged and ill-treated to believe him.

Isaiah 6:5

Then I cried out, “I'm doomed! Everything I say is sinful, and so are the words of everyone around me. Yet I have seen the King, the LORD All-Powerful.”

Jeremiah 1:6

I replied, “I'm not a good speaker, LORD, and I'm too young.”

Jeremiah 6:10

I have told the people that you, LORD, will punish them, but they just laugh and refuse to listen.

Acts 7:51

You stubborn and hard-headed people! You are always fighting against the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.

Deuteronomy 30:6

You and your descendants are stubborn, but the LORD will make you willing to obey him and love him with all your heart and soul, and you will enjoy a long life.