Exodus 6:10-12
Exodus 6:10-12 The Message (MSG)
Then GOD said to Moses, “Go and speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he will release the Israelites from his land.” Moses answered GOD, “Look—the Israelites won’t even listen to me. How do you expect Pharaoh to? And besides, I stutter.”
Exodus 6:10-12 King James Version (KJV)
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
Exodus 6:10-12 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the sons of Israel go out of his land.” But Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am unskilled in speech?”
Exodus 6:10-12 New Century Version (NCV)
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go tell the king of Egypt that he must let the Israelites leave his land.” But Moses answered, “The Israelites will not listen to me, so surely the king will not listen to me either. I am not a good speaker.”
Exodus 6:10-12 American Standard Version (ASV)
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. And Moses spake before Jehovah, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
Exodus 6:10-12 New International Version (NIV)
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.” But Moses said to the LORD, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?”
Exodus 6:10-12 New King James Version (NKJV)
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the children of Israel go out of his land.” And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, “The children of Israel have not heeded me. How then shall Pharaoh heed me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?”
Exodus 6:10-12 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the children of Israel go out of his land.” But Moses said to the LORD, “Look, [my own people] the Israelites have not listened to me; so how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am unskilled and inept in speech?”
Exodus 6:10-12 New Living Translation (NLT)
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go back to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and tell him to let the people of Israel leave his country.” “But LORD!” Moses objected. “My own people won’t listen to me anymore. How can I expect Pharaoh to listen? I’m such a clumsy speaker!”
Exodus 6:10-12 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
So the LORD said to Moses, “Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land.” But Moses said to the LORD, “Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?”