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NASB | Exodus 4:10 ¶ 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." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 4:10 ¶ Then Moses said to the LORD, "Please, Lord, I am not a man of words (eloquent, fluent), neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and tongue." |
Bible Question: what did moses mean when he said he could not speak to the people. did he stutter |
Bible Answer: Greetings Divadoll! You ask, "what did moses mean when he said he could not speak to the people. did he stutter?" Related Scripture: Exodus 4:10; 6:12,30; Jeremiah 1:4-10; Acts 7:22; 2 Corinthians 10:10 Exodus 4:10 "Then Moses said to the LORD, "O my Lord, I am not an eloquent man, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue." This is actually Moses' fourth expression of reluctance (see Ex. 3:11,13; 4:1,13 for the other four). Moses did not have any kind of speech impediment (see Acts 7:22), but he was concerned that he wasn't quite equipped to verbally debate with the likes of Pharaoh's court, who prided themselves on their persuasiveness of speech. Paul was also described as being 'contemptible of speech' (2 Cor. 10:10) and Jeremiah expressed similar concerns also when he was called by God (see Jeremiah 1:4-10). "Then the LORD put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, "Behold, I have put my words in your mouth." (Jeremiah 1:9) With the very words of God, neither Jeremiah nor Moses could go wrong in fulfilling God's mission with His very words, which do not return to Him empty! (Isaiah 55:11) Blessings to you, Makarios |
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