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New American Standard Bible

Exodus 4:15

"So you are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I Myself will be with your mouth and his mouth, and I will instruct you in what you are to do.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aaron;   Call;   Communion;   Condescension of God;   Faith;   Israel;   Prophets;   Scofield Reference Index - Inspiration;   Thompson Chain Reference - Teacher, Divine;   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;   Prayer;   Prophet, Prophetess, Prophecy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron;   Exodus;   Prayer;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Exodus, the;   Priesthood, the;   On to Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Moses;   Mouth;   Peter, the First Epistle of;   Revelation;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aaron;   Memra;   Miracle;   Shem Ha-Meforash;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
King James Version
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
Lexham English Bible
And you will speak to him, and you will put words in his mouth, and I myself will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you must do.
New Century Version
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.
New English Translation
"So you are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And as for me, I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you both what you must do.
Amplified Bible
"You must speak to him and put the words in his mouth; I, even I, will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you are to do.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore thou shalt speake vnto him, and put the wordes in his mouth, and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye ought to doe.
Legacy Standard Bible
And you are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I, even I, will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will instruct you in what you shall do.
Contemporary English Version
Aaron will speak to the people for you, and you will be like me, telling Aaron what to say. I will be with both of you as you speak, and I will tell each of you what to do.
Complete Jewish Bible
You will speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and his, teaching you both what to do.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
Easy-to-Read Version
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.
English Standard Version
You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do.
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall speak to him and put my words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
Good News Translation
You can speak to him and tell him what to say. I will help both of you to speak, and I will tell you both what to do.
Christian Standard Bible®
You will speak with him and tell him what to say. I will help both you and him to speak and will teach you both what to do.
Literal Translation
And you shall speak to him, and you shall put the words in his mouth. And I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you shall do.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou shalt speake vnto him, & put the wordes in his mouth: & I wil be with thy mouth & his, and teach you what ye shall doo:
American Standard Version
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
Bible in Basic English
Let him give ear to your voice, and you will put my words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his, teaching you what you have to do.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore thou shalt speake vnto him, and put these wordes in his mouth, and I wilbe with thy mouth, and with his mouth: and wyll teache you what you ought to do.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt speake vnto him, and put words in his mouth, and I wil be with thy mouth, & with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall doe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt speak to him; and thou shalt put my words into his mouth, and I will open thy mouth and his mouth, and I will instruct you in what ye shall do.
English Revised Version
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
Berean Standard Bible
You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Speke thou to hym, and putte thou my wordis in his mouth, and Y schal be in thi mouth, and in the mouth of hym; and Y schal schewe to you what ye owen to do.
Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast spoken unto him, and hast set the words in his mouth, and I -- I am with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and have directed you that which ye do;
Update Bible Version
And you shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt speak to him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
World English Bible
You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
New King James Version
Now you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you shall do.
New Living Translation
Talk to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with both of you as you speak, and I will instruct you both in what to do.
New Life Bible
You must speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth and his mouth. I will teach you what you are to do.
New Revised Standard
You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then shalt thou speak unto him, and shalt put the words in his mouth, - and, I, will be with thy mouth and with his mouth, so will I direct you what ye shall do.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Speak to him, and put my words in his mouth: and I will be in thy mouth, and in his month, and will shew you what you must do.
Revised Standard Version
And you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I, even I, will be with your mouth and his mouth, and I will teach you what you are to do.

Contextual Overview

10 Then Moses said to the LORD, "Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue." 11 But the LORD said to him, "Who has made the human mouth? Or who makes anyone unable to speak or deaf, or able to see or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? 12 "Now then go, and I Myself will be with your mouth, and instruct you in what you are to say." 13 But he said, "Please, Lord, now send the message by whomever You will." 14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, "Is there not your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he speaks fluently. And moreover, behold, he is coming out to meet you; when he sees you, he will be overjoyed. 15 "So you are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I Myself will be with your mouth and his mouth, and I will instruct you in what you are to do.16 "He shall speak for you to the people; and he will be as a mouth for you and you will be as God to him. 17 "And you shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and put: Exodus 7:1, Exodus 7:2, 2 Samuel 14:3, Isaiah 51:16, Isaiah 59:21

and I: Numbers 22:38, Numbers 23:5, Numbers 23:12, Numbers 23:16, Deuteronomy 18:18, Isaiah 51:16, Jeremiah 1:9, Matthew 28:20, Luke 21:15, 1 Corinthians 11:23, 1 Corinthians 15:1

will teach: Deuteronomy 5:31

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:12 - Certainly Exodus 4:28 - told Aaron Exodus 31:6 - I have given Deuteronomy 31:19 - put it in their 1 Samuel 16:3 - and I will show 2 Samuel 14:19 - he put Ezra 8:17 - I told them Proverbs 16:1 - and Jeremiah 15:19 - as my Jeremiah 36:32 - who Ezekiel 3:8 - General Matthew 10:19 - it shall Mark 6:7 - two and Luke 1:64 - his mouth

Cross-References

Genesis 4:24
"If Cain is avenged seven times, Then Lamech seventy-seven times!"
Leviticus 26:18
'If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
Leviticus 26:21
'Yet if you show hostility toward Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the plague on you seven times according to your sins.
Leviticus 26:24
then I in turn will show hostility toward you; and I, even I, will strike you seven times for your sins.
Leviticus 26:28
then I will act with wrathful hostility against you, and I for My part will punish you seven times for your sins.
1 Kings 16:7
Moreover, the word of the LORD through the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came against Baasha and his household, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, by being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck it.
Psalms 59:11
Do not kill them, or my people will forget; Scatter them by Your power and bring them down, Lord, our shield.
Psalms 79:12
And return to our neighbors seven times as much into their lap Their taunts with which they have taunted You, Lord.
Proverbs 6:31
But when he is found, he must repay seven times as much; He must give up all the property of his house.
Ezekiel 9:4
And the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and make a mark on the foreheads of the people who groan and sigh over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth,.... Or "things" z, the matter and substance of what he should say, who being a man of words, an eloquent man, and a good spokesman, would put them into proper language, and express them fluently:

and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do; or speak what Moses should say to Aaron, and what Aaron should say to Pharaoh, and to the people of Israel; so that as Aaron was under Moses, and at his direction, they were both dependent on the Lord, and under his direction; and the one, as well as the other, needed his assistance, even Aaron that could speak well. Moses furnished him with matter, he put it into words, and both were instructed and influenced by the Lord what they should say and do.

z את הדברים.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou shalt speak - Moses thus retains his position as “mediator;” the word comes to him first, he transmits it to his brother.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 4:15. I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth — Ye shall be both, in all things which I appoint you to do in this business, under the continual inspiration of the Most High.


 
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