Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.”
“Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.”
But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?”
I may indeed be untrained as a speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way.
Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?”
For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing.”
“Doubtless you are the only people who matter, and wisdom will die with you!
But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
But Moses said to the Lord, “Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”
I brought you up out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. I sent Moses to lead you, also Aaron and Miriam.