Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Moses said, "Please, LORD, send somebody else."
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.”
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].”
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.
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 Now, go! I myself will help you with your speech, and I'll teach you what you are to say." 13 Moses said, "Please, LORD, send somebody else." 14 Then the LORD was angry with Moses and said, "There's your brother Aaron, a descendant of Levi, isn't there? I know that he certainly is eloquent. Right now he's coming to meet you and he will be pleased to see you.
Cross References
Genesis 24:7
"The LORD God of heaven, who brought me from my father's house and from my family's land, who spoke to me and promised me "I will give this land to your descendants,' will send his angel ahead of you, and you are to acquire a wife for my son from there.
Genesis 48:16
the angel who has been rescuing me from all sorts of evil, bless these young men. May my name continue to live on within them, including the names of my ancestors Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a vast multitude throughout the earth."
Exodus 4:1
Then Moses answered, "Look, they won't believe me and they won't listen to me. Instead, they'll say, "The LORD didn't appear to you.'"
Exodus 23:20
"Look, I'm sending an angel in front of you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place I've prepared.
Judges 2:1
Some time later, the angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim and announced to Israel, "I brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land that I promised to your ancestors. I had told them, "I'll never breach my covenant with you.
1 Kings 19:4
and ran for a day's journey deep into the wilderness. He found a juniper tree, sat down under it, and prayed that he could die. He asked God, "Enough! LORD! Take my life, because I'm not better than my ancestors!"
Jeremiah 1:6
I replied, "Ah, LORD God! Look, I don't know how to speak, because I'm only a young man."
Jeremiah 20:9
When I say, "I won't remember the LORD, nor will I speak in his name anymore, then there is this burning fire in my heart. It is bound up in my bones, I grow weary of trying to hold it in, and I cannot do it!
Ezekiel 3:14-15
Then the Spirit lifted me up and carried me away. I went bitterly with an angry attitude as the hand of the LORD rested on me.
Jonah 1:3
But Jonah got up and fled from the LORD to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, secured passage on a ship bound for Tarshish, paid the fare, and boarded, intending to go with the mariners to Tarshish to escape from the LORD.
Jonah 1:6
So the captain approached him, and told him, "What are you doing asleep? Get up! Call on your gods! Maybe your god will think about us so we won't die!"
Matthew 13:41
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes others to sin and those who practice lawlessness
John 6:29
Jesus answered them, "This is God's work: to believe in the one whom he has sent."