Exodus 6:30

Geneva Bible

Then Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of vncircumcised lippes, & how shall Pharaoh heare me?

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Moshe said before the LORD, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Par`oh listen to me?"

King James Version
And Moses said before the Lord , Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

Lexham English Bible
And Moses said before Yahweh, "Look, I am a poor speaker. And how will Pharaoh listen to me?"

New Century Version
But Moses answered, "I am not a good speaker. The king will not listen to me."

New English Translation
But Moses said before the Lord , "Since I speak with difficulty, why should Pharaoh listen to me?"

Amplified Bible
But Moses said before the LORD, "Look, I am unskilled and inept in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me and pay attention to what I say?"

New American Standard Bible
But Moses said before the LORD, "Behold, I am unskilled in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?"

Legacy Standard Bible
But Moses said before Yahweh, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?"

Contemporary English Version
But Moses answered, "You know I am a very poor speaker, and the king will never listen to me."

Complete Jewish Bible
Moshe answered Adonai , "Look, I'm such a poor speaker that Pharaoh won't listen to me."

Darby Translation
And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how will Pharaoh hearken unto me?

Easy-to-Read Version
But Moses, standing there before the Lord , said, "You know me. I'm a very bad speaker. How will I make the king listen to me?"

English Standard Version
But Moses said to the Lord , "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?"

George Lamsa Translation
And Moses said to the LORD, My tongue stutters; how shall Pharaoh hearken to me?

Good News Translation
But Moses answered, "You know that I am such a poor speaker; why should the king listen to me?"

Christian Standard Bible®
But Moses replied in the Lord’s presence, “Since I am such a poor speaker, how will Pharaoh listen to me?”

Literal Translation
And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. How could Pharaoh listen to me?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he answered before ye LORDE: Beholde, I am of vncircumcised lippes, how shall Pharao the heare me?

American Standard Version
And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

Bible in Basic English
And Moses said to the Lord, My lips are unclean; how is it possible that Pharaoh will give me a hearing?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Moyses sayde before the Lorde: beholde, I am of vncircumcized lippes, & how shall Pharao geue me audience?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses said before the LORD: 'Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?'

King James Version (1611)
And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of vncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken vnto mee?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am not able in speech, and how shall Pharao hearken to me?

English Revised Version
And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

Berean Standard Bible
But in the LORD's presence Moses replied, "Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Moises seide bifore the Lord, Lo! Y am vncircumcidid in lippis; hou schal Farao here me?

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses saith before Jehovah, `Lo, I [am] of uncircumcised lips, and how doth Pharaoh hearken unto me?'

Update Bible Version
And Moses said before Yahweh, Look, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?

Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I [am] of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken to me?

World English Bible
Moses said before Yahweh, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?"

New King James Version
But Moses said before the LORD, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh heed me?"

New Living Translation
But Moses argued with the Lord , saying, "I can't do it! I'm such a clumsy speaker! Why should Pharaoh listen to me?"

New Life Bible
But Moses said to the Lord, "See, I am not able to speak well. How then will Pharaoh listen to me?"

New Revised Standard
But Moses said in the Lord 's presence, "Since I am a poor speaker, why would Pharaoh listen to me?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Moses said before Yahweh, - Lo! I, am of uncircumcised lips, how then will Pharaoh hearken unto me?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses said before the Lord: Lo I am of uncircumcised lips, how will Pharao hear me?

Revised Standard Version
But Moses said to the LORD, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips; how then shall Pharaoh listen to me?"

THE MESSAGE
And Moses answered, "Look at me. I stutter. Why would Pharaoh listen to me?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But Moses said before the LORD, "Behold, I am unskilled in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?"

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ These bee the heades of their fathers houses: the sonnes of Reuben the first borne of Israel are Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi: these are ye families of Reuben. ¹⁵ Also the sonnes of Simeon: Iemuel and Iamin, and Ohad, and Iachin, and Zoar, and Shaul the sonne of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon. ¹⁶ These also are the names of the sonnes of Leui in their generations: Gershon & Kohath and Merari (and the yeres of the life of Leui were an hundreth thirtie and seuen yere) ¹⁷ The sonnes of Gershon were Libni and Shimi by their families. ¹⁸ And the sonnes of Kohath, Amram and Izhar, and Hebron, & Vzziel. (and Kohath liued an hundreth thirtie and three yeere) ¹⁹ Also the sonnes of Merari were Mahali & Mushi: these are ye families of Leui by their kinreds. ²⁰ And Amram tooke Iochebed his fathers sister to his wife, and shee bare him Aaron and Moses (and Amram liued an hundreth thirtie and seuen yeere) ²¹ Also the sonnes of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. ²² And the sonnes of Vzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. ²³ And Aaron tooke Elisheba daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahashon to his wife, which bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

uncircumcised: Exodus 6:12, Exodus 4:10, 1 Corinthians 9:16, 1 Corinthians 9:17

Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:23 - uncircumcised Isaiah 6:5 - a man Jeremiah 1:6 - I cannot Jeremiah 15:19 - return

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moses said before the Lord, behold, I am of uncircumcised lips,.... As he had done, Exodus 6:13, and this is only a repetition of what is there said, in order to lead on to what is related in the following chapter:

how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? so mean a person, and so poor a speaker, and he a mighty king, surrounded with wise counsellors and eloquent orators.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See Exodus 6:12.