Exodus 6:10-12
Easy-to-Read Version
10 Then the Lord said to Moses, 11 “Go tell Pharaoh that he must let the Israelites leave his land.”
12 But Moses answered, “Lord, the Israelites refuse to listen to me. So surely Pharaoh will also refuse to listen. I am a very bad speaker.”[a]
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- Exodus 6:12 I am a very bad speaker Or “I sound like a foreigner.” Literally, “I have uncircumcised lips.”
Exodus 6:10-12
New International Version
10 Then the Lord said to Moses, 11 “Go, tell(A) Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.”(B)
12 But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen(C) to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips[a]?”(D)
Footnotes
- Exodus 6:12 Hebrew I am uncircumcised of lips; also in verse 30
Exodus 6:10-12
King James Version
10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
12 And Moses spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
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