Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send.
New American Standard Bible
But he said, “Please, Lord, now
King James Version
And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
Holman Bible
Moses said, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”
International Standard Version
Moses said, "Please, LORD, send somebody else."
A Conservative Version
And he said, Oh, LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou will send.
American Standard Version
And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
Amplified
But he said, “Please my Lord, send the message [of rescue to Israel] by [someone else,] whomever else You will [choose].”
Darby Translation
And he said, Ah Lord! send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will say, With leave, my Lord, send by the hand thou shalt send.
King James 2000
And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray you, by the hand of another whom you will send.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said, "Please, Lord, do send {anyone else whom you wish to send}."
Modern King James verseion
And he said, O my Lord, I pray You, send by the hand of him whom You will send.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he said, "O my Lord, send I pray thee whom thou wilt."
NET Bible
But Moses said, "O my Lord, please send anyone else whom you wish to send!"
New Heart English Bible
He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."
The Emphasized Bible
And he said - Pardon, O My Lord! send, I pray thee by the hand of him whom thou wilt send -
Webster
And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
World English Bible
He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."
Youngs Literal Translation
and he saith, 'O, my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand Thou dost send.'
Themes
Call » To special religious duty » moses
Communion » Instances of » moses
Condescension of God » Reasons with moses
Despondency » Instances of » moses » When sent on his mission to the israelites
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 4:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Provides Signs And Help For Speaking
12 So go now, and I will be with your mouth, teaching you what to say. 13 And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send. 14 And the Lord was angry with Moses, and said, Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? To my knowledge he is good at talking. And now he is coming out to you: and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.
Cross References
Genesis 24:7
The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.
Genesis 48:16
The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.
Exodus 4:1
And Moses, answering, said, It is certain that they will not have faith in me or give ear to my voice; for they will say, You have not seen the Lord.
Exodus 23:20
See, I am sending an angel before you, to keep you on your way and to be your guide into the place which I have made ready for you.
Judges 2:1
Now the angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, *** I took you out of Egypt, guiding you into the land which I gave by an oath to your fathers; and I said, My agreement with you will never be broken by me:
1 Kings 19:4
While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.
Jeremiah 1:6
Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.
Jeremiah 20:9
And if I say, I will not keep him in mind, I will not say another word in his name; then it is in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am tired of keeping myself in, I am not able to do it.
Ezekiel 3:14-15
And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.
Jonah 1:3
And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.
Jonah 1:6
And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.
Matthew 13:41
The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong,
John 6:29
Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.