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10 Then Moses told the Lord, “Please, Lord, I’m not eloquent.[a] I never was in the past[b] nor am I now since you spoke to your servant. In fact, I talk too slowly[c] and I have a speech impediment.”[d]

11 Then God asked him, “Who gives a person a mouth? Who makes him unable to speak, or deaf, or able to see, or blind, or lame? Is it not I, the Lord? 12 Now, go! I myself will help you with your speech,[e] and I’ll teach you what you are to say.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 4:10 Lit. a man of words
  2. Exodus 4:10 Lit. either yesterday or the day before
  3. Exodus 4:10 Lit. heavy of mouth
  4. Exodus 4:10 Lit. heavy
  5. Exodus 4:12 Lit. will be with your mouth