Then Mosessaidto the LORD,"Please,Lord,I have neverbeen eloquent,neitherrecentlynorin timepast,norsinceYou have spokento Your servant;for I am slowof speechand slowof tongue."
"Trulythenyou are the people,And with you wisdomwill die!
But Mosessaidto God,"Whoam I, that I should goto Pharaoh,and that I should bringthe sonsof Israelout of Egypt?"
Then Mosessaid,"What ifthey will not believeme or listento whatI say?For they may say,The LORDhas not appearedto you.'"
But Mosesspokebeforethe LORD,saying,"Behold,the sonsof Israelhave not listenedto me; howthen will Pharaohlistento me, for I am unskilledin speech?"
But Mosessaidbeforethe LORD,"Behold,I am unskilledin speech;howthen will Pharaohlistento me?"
Then I said,"Alas,LordGOD!Behold,I do not knowhow to speak,BecauseI am a youth."
"Indeed,I broughtyou up from the landof EgyptAnd ransomedyou from the houseof slavery,And I sentbeforeyou Moses,Aaronand Miriam.
"Moseswas educatedin allthe learningof the Egyptians,and he was a man of powerin wordsand deeds.
For they say,"His lettersare weightyand strong,but his personalpresenceis unimpressiveand his speechcontemptible."
But evenifI am unskilledin speech,yetI am not [so] in knowledge;in fact,in everywaywe have made [this] evidentto you in all things.