出埃及记 4:16

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

他要替你向人民說話，他要作你的口，你要作他的　神。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
他 要 替 你 对 百 姓 说 话 ； 你 要 以 他 当 作 口 ， 他 要 以 你 当 作 　 神 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ But Moses said to the Lord , "Please, Lord, I have never been a skilled speaker. Even now, after talking to you, I cannot speak well. I speak slowly and can't find the best words." ¹¹ Then the Lord said to him, "Who made a person's mouth? And who makes someone deaf or not able to speak? Or who gives a person sight or blindness? It is I, the Lord . ¹² Now go! I will help you speak, and I will teach you what to say." ¹³ But Moses said, "Please, Lord, send someone else." ¹⁴ The Lord became angry with Moses and said, "Your brother Aaron, from the family of Levi, is a skilled speaker. He is already coming to meet you, and he will be happy when he sees you. ¹⁵ You will speak to Aaron and tell him what to say. I will help both of you to speak and will teach you what to do. ¹⁶ Aaron will speak to the people for you. You will tell him what God says, and he will speak for you. ¹⁷ Take your walking stick with you, and use it to do the miracles."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 7:1, Exodus 7:2, Exodus 18:19, Psalms 82:6, John 10:34, John 10:35

Reciprocal: Genesis 20:7 - a prophet Exodus 4:28 - told Aaron Exodus 4:30 - And Aaron 1 Samuel 28:13 - gods ascending Job 33:6 - in Job 36:2 - I have yet to speak Jeremiah 1:9 - Behold Jeremiah 15:19 - as my Jeremiah 36:32 - who Ezekiel 3:8 - General Luke 1:64 - his mouth

Cross-References

Genesis 3:8
Then they heard the Lord God walking in the garden during the cool part of the day, and the man and his wife hid from the Lord God among the trees in the garden.

Genesis 4:14
Today you have forced me to stop working the ground, and now I must hide from you. I must wander around on the earth, and anyone who meets me can kill me."

Exodus 20:18
When the people heard the thunder and the trumpet, and when they saw the lightning and the smoke rising from the mountain, they shook with fear and stood far away from the mountain.

2 Kings 13:23
But the Lord was kind to the Israelites; he had mercy on them and helped them because of his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. To this day he has never wanted to destroy them or reject them.

2 Kings 24:20
All this happened in Jerusalem and Judah because the Lord was angry with them. Finally, he threw them out of his presence. Zedekiah turned against the king of Babylon.

Job 1:12
The Lord said to Satan, "All right, then. Everything Job has is in your power, but you must not touch Job himself." Then Satan left the Lord 's presence.

Job 2:7
So Satan left the Lord 's presence. He put painful sores on Job's body, from the top of his head to the soles of his feet.

Job 20:17
They will not admire the sparkling streams or the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

Psalms 5:11
But let everyone who trusts you be happy; let them sing glad songs forever. Protect those who love you and who are happy because of you.

Psalms 68:2
Blow them away as smoke is driven away by the wind. As wax melts before a fire, let the wicked be destroyed before God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people,.... And open to them Moses's commission from God, and the end of his mission into Egypt, and to them, and declare what signs had been, and would be done, in confirmation of it:

and he shall be, [even] he shall be to thee instead of a mouth; or an interpreter, as all the Targums explain it, and so Jarchi; as he was an orator and master of language, he should speak to the people for Moses, and explain his sense and meaning, and put it into plain, proper, easy language, to be understood by the people; and this may be done where a different language is not spoken, but the same in plainer words, in more pertinent expressions, and better pronounced, and this is repeated for the certainty of it:

and thou shall be to him instead of God; Aaron was to stand between Moses and the people, and speak for him; and Moses was to stand between God and Aaron, and in God's stead, and tell him what orders he had received from him, and which he should communicate; and so some Jewish writers a interpret it of his being to him instead of a master or teacher, one that received doctrine from the Lord, and instructed him in it, and taught him the mind and will of God: or, as Onkelos paraphrases it; "for a prince", and so Jarchi, a civil magistrate, one that had the power of life and death; the administration of civil affairs belonged to Moses, and Aaron, though the elder brother, was subject to him; and in this sense Moses was a god to him; and so in after times, the judges of Israel, they that sat in Moses's chair, were called gods, Psalms 82:1.

a Targum Jon. Jerus. & Abendana in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Instead of a mouth - We may bear in mind Aaron’s unbroken habitude of speaking Hebrew and his probable familiarity with Egyptian.

Instead of God - The word “God” is used of persons who represent the Deity, as kings or judges, and it is understood in this sense here: “Thou shalt be to him a master.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 4:16. He shall be thy spokesman — Literally, He shall speak for thee (or in thy stead) to the people.

He shall be to thee instead of a mouth — He shall convey every message to the people; and thou shalt be to him instead of God - thou shalt deliver to him what I communicate to thee.