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Exodus 4:12

So go. I will be with you when you speak. I will give you the words to say."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Call;   Communion;   Condescension of God;   Excuses;   Faith;   Israel;   Minister, Christian;   Moses;   Preaching;   Prophets;   Wisdom;   Scofield Reference Index - Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Inspiration;   Prophets;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Missionary Work by Ministers;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Sinai;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Moses;   Prophecy, prophet;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Aaron;   Mouth;   Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Moses;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   Moses;   Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Inspiration;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Exodus, the;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Moses;   Mouth;   Revelation;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Memra;   Miracle;  

Devotionals:

- Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for August 2;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak."
King James Version
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Lexham English Bible
So then go, and I myself will be with your mouth, and I will teach you what you must speak."
New Century Version
Now go! I will help you speak, and I will teach you what to say."
New English Translation
So now go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you must say."
Amplified Bible
"Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and will teach you what you shall say."
New American Standard Bible
"Now then go, and I Myself will be with your mouth, and instruct you in what you are to say."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore goe nowe, and I will be with thy mouth, and will teach thee what thou shalt say.
Legacy Standard Bible
So now, go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth and will instruct you what you shall speak."
Contemporary English Version
Now go! When you speak, I will be with you and give you the words to say."
Complete Jewish Bible
Now, therefore, go; and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what to say."
Darby Translation
And now go, and I will be with thy mouth, and will teach thee what thou shalt say.
English Standard Version
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak."
George Lamsa Translation
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.
Good News Translation
Now, go! I will help you to speak, and I will tell you what to say."
Christian Standard Bible®
Now go! I will help you speak and I will teach you what to say.”
Literal Translation
And now go, and I will be with your mouth, and will teach you what you shall speak.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Go now thy waye therfore, I wil be wt thy mouth, & teach the what thou shalt saye.
American Standard Version
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.
Bible in Basic English
So go now, and I will be with your mouth, teaching you what to say.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And nowe go, and I wyll be with thy mouth, and teache thee what thou shalt say.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.'
King James Version (1611)
Now therefore goe, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now go and I will open thy mouth, and will instruct thee in what thou shalt say.
English Revised Version
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.
Berean Standard Bible
Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor go thou, and Y schal be in thi mouth, and Y schal teche thee what thou schalt speke.
Young's Literal Translation
and now, go, and I -- I am with thy mouth, and have directed thee that which thou speakest;'
Update Bible Version
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
World English Bible
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak."
New King James Version
Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say."
New Living Translation
Now go! I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say."
New Life Bible
So go now. And I will be with your mouth. I will teach you what to say."
New Revised Standard
Now go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you are to speak."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore go, - and, I, will be with thy mouth, so will I direct thee, what thou shalt speak.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Go therefore, and I will be in thy mouth; and I will teach thee what thou shalt speak.
Revised Standard Version
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and teach you what you are to say."

Contextual Overview

10 Then Moses said to the Lord , "But, Lord, I am telling you, I am not a good speaker. I have never been able to speak well. And that hasn't changed since you started talking to me. I am still not a good speaker. You know that I speak slowly and don't use the best words." 11 Then the Lord said to him, "Who made a person's mouth? And who can make someone deaf or not able to speak? Who can make a person blind? Who can make a person able to see? I am the one. I am the Lord . 12 So go. I will be with you when you speak. I will give you the words to say." 13 But Moses said, "My Lord, I beg you to send someone else, not me." 14 Then the Lord became angry with Moses and said, "All right! I'll give you someone to help you. Aaron the Levite is your brother, isn't he? He is a good speaker. In fact, Aaron is already coming to meet you, and he will be happy to see you. 15 I will tell you what to say. Then you will tell Aaron, and I will help him say it well. I will tell both of you what to do. 16 So Aaron will speak for you. Like God, you will speak to him, and he will tell the people what you say. 17 So go and carry your walking stick with you. Use it and the other miracles to show the people that I am with you."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 25:4, Psalms 25:5, Psalms 32:9, Psalms 143:10, Isaiah 49:2, Isaiah 50:4, Jeremiah 1:9, Matthew 10:19, Matthew 10:20, Mark 13:11, Luke 11:1, Luke 12:11, Luke 12:12, Luke 21:14, Luke 21:15, John 14:26, Ephesians 6:19

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:12 - Certainly Exodus 18:19 - God shall Joshua 24:5 - sent 2 Chronicles 17:3 - the Lord Psalms 105:26 - sent Proverbs 16:1 - and Isaiah 57:19 - the fruit Jeremiah 15:19 - as my Ezekiel 3:27 - I will Matthew 9:33 - the dumb Acts 2:4 - as Acts 6:10 - able Acts 9:15 - Go Acts 15:7 - by my Acts 18:10 - I am James 1:17 - good

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
At harvest time, Cain brought a gift to the Lord . He brought some of the food that he grew from the ground, but Abel brought some animals from his flock. He chose some of his best sheep and brought the best parts from them. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift.
Genesis 4:14
You are forcing me to leave the land, and I will not be able to be near you or have a home! Now I must wander from place to place, and anyone I meet could kill me."
Genesis 4:17
Cain had sexual relations with his wife. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son named Enoch. Cain built a city and gave the city the same name as his son Enoch.
Genesis 4:18
Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad had a son named Mehujael. Mehujael had a son named Methushael. And Methushael had a son named Lamech.
Genesis 4:23
Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice! You wives of Lamech, listen to me. A man hurt me, so I killed him. I even killed a child for hitting me.
Genesis 4:24
The punishment for killing Cain was very bad. But the punishment for killing me will be many times worse!"
Leviticus 26:20
You will work hard, but it will not help. Your land will not give any crops, and your trees will not grow their fruit.
Leviticus 26:36
The survivors will lose their courage in the land of their enemies. They will be afraid of everything. They will run around like a leaf blown by the wind. They will run as if someone is chasing them with a sword. They will fall even when no one is chasing them.
Psalms 109:10
Make his children wander around as beggars, forced from homes that lie in ruins.
Hosea 9:17
Those people will not listen to my God, so he will refuse to listen to them. And they will wander among the nations without a home.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth,.... And put words into it, and cause it to speak readily and powerfully; and so it appears that he was mighty in words, as well as in deeds, Acts 7:22:

and teach thee what thou shalt say; to Pharaoh, to the Israelites, and to Aaron, that was to speak for him, as is hereafter observed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare with this our Lord’s promise to His Apostles; Matthew 10:19; Mark 13:11.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 4:12. I will be with thy mouth — The Chaldee translates, My WORD, meimeri, shall be with thy mouth. And Jonathan ben Uzziel paraphrases, I and my WORD will be with the speech of thy mouth. Genesis 15:1; Genesis 15:1, and "Leviticus 25:10".


 
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