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10 Then the Lord told Moses, 11 “Go, speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he should let the Israelis go out of his land.”

12 Then Moses said right in front of the Lord, “Look, the Israelis didn’t listen to me, so how will Pharaoh? I’m not a persuasive speaker.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 6:12 Lit. uncircumcised of lip; i.e. an unrefined speaker

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)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 6:12 Hebrew I am uncircumcised of lips; also in verse 30

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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