Parallel Verses
King James 2000
And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray you, by the hand of another whom you will 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].”
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.
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 therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray you, by the hand of another whom you will send. 14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he comes forth to meet 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 kindred, and who spoke unto me, and that swore unto me, saying, Unto your descendants will I give this land; he shall send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife unto my son from there.
Genesis 48:16
The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be perpetuated in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Exodus 4:1
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD has not appeared unto you.
Exodus 23:20
Behold, I send an Angel before you, to keep you in the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
Judges 2:1
And the angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I swore unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
1 Kings 19:4
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
Jeremiah 1:6
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Jeremiah 20:9
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary from holding it back, and I could not.
Ezekiel 3:14-15
So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
Jonah 1:3
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
Jonah 1:6
So the captain came to him, and said unto him, What mean you, O sleeper? arise, call upon your God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
Matthew 13:41
The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
John 6:29
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that you believe on him whom he has sent.