Moses said before Yahweh, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?”
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Moses said before Yahweh, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?”
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And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
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And Moses said before the LORD: 'Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?'
Cross-references (3)
Passages linked to Exodus 6:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 6:12 Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, “Behold, the children of Israel haven’t listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, when I have uncircumcised lips?”
- Exodus 4:10 Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”
- 1 Corinthians 9:16-17 For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about; for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me if I don’t preach the Good News. For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The disobedience both of Moses and of the people,…
The disobedience both of Moses and of the people, showeth that their deliverance came only of God’s free mercy.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 6:30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold,…
Exo 6:30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I [am] of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
Ver. 30. Of uncircumcised.] See Exo 6:12".
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain See Exo 6:12.
See Exo 6:12.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain All that I say unto thee. To the general…
All that I say unto thee. To the general command thus expressed, was probably appended the particular injunction of verse 11, not here repeated Speak thou unto Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land." The sacred historians continually abbreviate
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