Exodus 4:12 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 4:12

Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”

BSB

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ASV

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.

KJV

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Letter 65.4 (397)

The Lord also said to the Apostles, opening their mouths, Receive ye the Holy Ghost, whereby He declared that He is the same Who said to Moses, I will open thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. Wherefore this wisdom, divine, unspeakable, unadulterated and incorruptible, pours her grace into the minds of her saints, and discloses to them knowledge that they may behold her glory.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I will be with thy mouth - The Chaldee translates, My Word, meimeri, shall be with thy mouth. And Jonathan ben Uzziel paraphrases, I and my Word will be with the speech of thy mouth. See Clarke on Gen 15:1 (note), and Lev 25:10 (note).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I am not eloquent--It is supposed that Moses labored under a natural defect of utterance or had a difficulty in the free and fluent expression of his ideas in the Egyptian language, which he had long disused. This new objection was also overruled, but still Moses, who foresaw the manifold difficulties of the undertaking, was anxious to be freed from the responsibility.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַתָּ֖ה	ve.'a.Tah	and therefore	H6258 →
לֵ֑ךְ	Lekh	go	H1980 →
וְאָנֹכִי֙	ve.'a.no.Khi	and I	H595 →
אֶֽהְיֶ֣ה	'eh.Yeh	I will be	H1961 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
פִּ֔יךָ	Pi.kha	mouth your	H6310 →
וְהוֹרֵיתִ֖יךָ	ve.ho.rei.Ti.kha	and I will teach you	H3384 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	[that] which	H834 →
תְּדַבֵּֽר׃	te.da.Ber	you will say	H1696 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Jeremiah 1:9
Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
leads to
- Luke 21:15
  For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
- Exodus 4:11–12
  And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
- Luke 12:12
  For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
- Isaiah 51:16
  I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
- Isaiah 50:4
  The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
Through
Mark 13:11
But when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand what to say. Instead, speak whatever you are given at that time, for it will not be you speaking, but the…
leads to
- Luke 21:14–15
  So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves.
- Luke 12:11–12
  When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.
- Matthew 10:19–21
  But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Exodus