Parallel Verses
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.
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 then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth. I will teach you what you are to say.
13 But he said, “Please, Lord, now
Cross References
Genesis 24:7
Jehovah, the God of heaven, took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth. He spoke to me and swore to me. He said: I will give this land to your descendants. He will send his angel before you. You will take a wife for my son from there.
Genesis 48:16
May the being who rescued me from all evil bless these boys! May they be called by my name and by the names of my grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac. May they have many children on the earth.
Exodus 4:1
Moses responded: What if they will not believe me or listen to what I say? For they may say: 'Jehovah has not appeared to you.'
Exodus 23:20
I am going to send an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you into the place that I have prepared.
Judges 2:1
An angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said: I led you out of Egypt and brought you to the land about which I swore to your fathers that I would never break my covenant with you.
1 Kings 19:4
Elijah walked a whole day into the wilderness. He stopped and sat down under a broom plant and wished he would die. It is just too much, Jehovah, he prayed. Take away my life. I could just as well be dead.
Jeremiah 1:6
I, Jeremiah, said: Lord Jehovah, I do not know how to speak. I am only a child!
Jeremiah 20:9
But if I say: I will not remember him or speak anymore in his name, then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in. I cannot endure it.
Ezekiel 3:14-15
The Spirit lifted me and took me away. I went away feeling bitter and angry. The strong power of Jehovah came over me.
Jonah 1:3
Jonah tried to run away from the presence of Jehovah (YHWH). He went to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and boarded it to go with them to Tarshish away from the presence of Jehovah.
Jonah 1:6
So the captain came to him, and said: Why are you sleeping? Get up and call on your god. Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.
Matthew 13:41
The Son of man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all who stumble others and commit lawlessness.
John 6:29
Jesus answered: This is the work of God, that you have an active faith in the one whom he has sent.