Verse 10

Exodus 4:10

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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10 Moses said: I beseech thee, Lord. I am not eloquent from yesterday and the day before: and since thou hast spoken to thy servant, I have more impediment and slowness of tongue.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֣ה אֶל יְהוָה֮ בִּ֣י אֲדֹנָ/י֒ לֹא֩ אִ֨ישׁ דְּבָרִ֜ים אָנֹ֗כִי גַּ֤ם מִ/תְּמוֹל֙ גַּ֣ם מִ/שִּׁלְשֹׁ֔ם גַּ֛ם מֵ/אָ֥ז דַּבֶּרְ/ךָ אֶל עַבְדֶּ֑/ךָ כִּ֧י כְבַד פֶּ֛ה וּ/כְבַ֥ד לָשׁ֖וֹן אָנֹֽכִי

English Translation

And Moses said to the LORD, "O Lord, I am not a man of words, neither yesterday, nor the day before, nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am heavy of mouth and heavy of tongue."

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Chapter 4 Context

1 Moses answered and said: They will not believe me, nor hear my voice, but they will say: The Lord ha... Focus ↗

2 Then he said to him: What is that thou holdest in thy hand? He answered: A rod. Focus ↗

3 And the Lord said: Cast it down upon the ground. He cast it down, and it was turned into a serpent:... Focus ↗

4 And the Lord said: Put out thy hand and take it by the tail. He put forth his hand, and took hold of... Focus ↗

5 That they may believe, saith he, that the Lord God (Elohim) of their fathers, the God (Elohim) of Ab... Focus ↗

6 And the Lord said again: Put thy hand into thy bosom. And when he had put it into his bosom, he brou... Focus ↗

7 And he said: Put back thy hand into thy bosom. He put it back, and brought it out again, and it was... Focus ↗

8 If they will not believe thee, saith he, nor hear the voice of the former sign, they will believe th... Focus ↗

9 But if they will not even believe these two signs, nor hear thy voice: take of the river water, and... Focus ↗

10 Moses said: I beseech thee, Lord. I am not eloquent from yesterday and the day before: and since tho...

11 The Lord said to him: Who made man's mouth? or who made the dumb and the deaf, the seeing and the bl... Focus ↗

12 Go therefore and I will be in thy mouth: and I will teach thee what thou shalt speak. Focus ↗

13 But he said: I beseech thee, Lord send whom thou wilt send. Focus ↗

14 The Lord being angry at Moses, said Aaron the Levite is thy brother, I know that he is eloquent: beh... Focus ↗

15 Speak to him, and put my words in his mouth: and I will be in thy mouth, and in his mouth, and will... Focus ↗

16 He shall speak in thy stead to the people, and shall be thy mouth: but thou shalt be to him in those... Focus ↗

17 And take this rod in thy hand, wherewith thou shalt do the signs. Focus ↗

18 Moses went his way, and returned to Jethro his father in law and said to him: I will go and return t... Focus ↗

19 And the Lord said to Moses, in Madian: Go, and return into Egypt: for they are all dead that sought... Focus ↗

20 Moses therefore took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass: and returned into Egypt, carr... Focus ↗

21 And the Lord said to him as he was returning into Egypt: See that thou do all the wonders before Pha... Focus ↗

22 And thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Israel is my son, my firstborn. Focus ↗

23 I have said to thee: Let my son go, that he may serve me, and thou wouldst not let him go: behold I... Focus ↗

24 And when he was in his journey, in the inn, the Lord met him, and would have killed him. Focus ↗

25 Immediately Sephora took a very sharp stone, and circumcised the fore skin of her son, and touched h... Focus ↗

26 And he let him go after she had said A bloody spouse art thou to me, because of the circumcision. Focus ↗

27 And the Lord said to Aaron: Go into the desert to meet Moses. And he went forth to meet him in the m... Focus ↗

28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord, by which he had sent him, and the signs that he had... Focus ↗

29 And they came together, and they assembled all the ancients of the children of Israel. Focus ↗

30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had said to Moses: and he wrought the signs before the... Focus ↗

31 And the people believed. And they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel: and that h... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Exodus
Chapter: Chapter 4 (31 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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