Exodus 4:10

American Standard Version (1901)

And Moses said unto Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

ASV Byzantine Text

And Moses said unto Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

Asang Khongca Bible

Mosi mah Angraeng khaeah, Aw Angraeng, kai loe lok ka thui thai ai; canghniah, na tamna khaeah lok nang thuih pacoengah doeh, lok hae ka thui thai ai; ka lok hae tongaah moe, lok ka pae thai ai, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te vaengah Moses loh BOEIPA te, “Aw ka Boeipa, hlaem ah khaw, hlaemvai ah khaw na sal taengah na thui vaeng lamlong mah kai he olka dongah ka hlang voel moenih. Te dongah ka ka tonga tih ka ol khol,” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te vaengah Moses loh BOEIPA te, “Aw ka Boeipa, hlaem ah khaw, hlaemvai ah khaw na sal taengah na thui vaeng lamlong mah kai he olka dongah ka hlang voel moenih. Te dongah ka ka tonga tih ka ol khol,” a ti nah.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

I aku la o Mose ia Iehova, E kun Haku e, he kanaka akamai ole wau i ka olelo, aole mamua mai a hiki i keia wa au e olelo mai ai i kau kauwa nei, he kali ko'u waha, a he kali hoi ko'u elelo.

English Berean Standard Bible

“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Moyiz di Seyè a: -Eskize m' wi, Seyè. Men, mwen pa ka pale fasil. Se pa bagay jòdi a non. Menm koulye a, depi w'ap pale ak sèvitè ou la, anyen pa chanje. Bouch mwen lou, lang mwen mare.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Ait Moyses: Obsecro, Domine, non sum eloquens ab heri et nudiustertius: et ex quo locutus es ad servum tuum, impeditioris et tardioris linguæ sum.

Bible in Basic English

And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not a man of words; I have never been so, and am not now, even after what you have said to your servant: for talking is hard for me, and I am slow of tongue.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et Moïse dit à l’ Éternel : Ah, Seigneur ! je ne suis pas un homme éloquent , – ni d’hier, ni d’avant-hier, ni depuis que tu parles à ton serviteur ; car j’ai la bouche pesante et la langue pesante.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

I řekl Mojžíš Hospodinu: Prosím, Pane, nejsem muž výmluvný, aniž prvé, ani jakž jsi mluvil s služebníkem svým; nebo zpozdilých úst a neohbitého jazyku jsem.

Kosraean Bible

Tuh Moses el fahk, “O Leum, nunak munas nu sik. Nga nuna mwet supah in kaskas se, ac inge ke kom sramsram nu sik, nga srakna supah in kas. Nga pahtlac in nunkauk ma ngan fahk, ac nga kaskas lohlo.”

World Portuguese Bible

Moisés disse ao SENHOR: “Ah, Senhor, eu não sou eloquente, nem no passado, nem desde que você falou ao seu servo; pois sou lento de fala e lento de língua.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Și Moise i-a spus DOMNULUI: O, Domnul meu, eu nu sunt elocvent, nici mai înainte nu am fost, nici de când i-ai vorbit servitorului tău, ci eu sunt greu la vorbă și încet la limbă.

Brenton English Septuagint

And Moses said to the Lord, I pray, Lord, I have not been sufficient in former times, neither from the time that thou hast begun to speak to thy servant: I am weak in speech, and slow-tongued.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သို့​ရာ​တွင် မော​ရှေ​က​လည်း``အို ထာ​ဝ​ရ​ဘု​ရား၊ အ​ကျွန်ုပ်​အား​စေ​လွှတ်​တော်​မ​မူ​ပါ​နှင့်။ အကျွန်ုပ် သည်​မည်​သည့်​အ​ခါ​က​မျှ​နှုတ်​သတ္တိ​မ​ရှိ​ခဲ့ ပါ။ ကိုယ်​တော်​ရှင်​က​အ​ကျွန်ုပ်​အား​မိန့်​ကြား ပြီး​သည်​အ​ခါ​၌​ပင်၊ နှုတ်​သတ္တိ​မ​ရှိ​သေး​ပါ။ အ​ကျွန်ုပ်​သည်​နှုတ်​စ၊ လျှာ​စ​လေး​သူ၊ စ​ကား ပြော​နှေး​သူ​ဖြစ်​ပါ​သည်'' ဟု​လျှောက်​လေ​၏။

Darby Translation

And Moses said to Jehovah, Ah Lord! I am not eloquent, neither heretofore nor since thou hast spoken to thy servant, for I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und Mose sprach zu Jehova: Ach, Herr! Ich bin kein Mann der Rede, weder seit gestern noch seit vorgestern, noch seitdem du zu deinem Knechte redest; denn ich bin schwer von Mund und schwer von Zunge.

Dutch Bible 1917

Toen zeide Mozes tot den HEERE: Och Heere! ik ben geen man wel ter tale, noch van gisteren, noch van eergisteren, noch van toen af, toen Gij tot Uw knecht gesproken hebt; want ik ben zwaar van mond, en zwaar van tong.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Maar Moses sprak tot Jahweh: Ach, Heer, ik ben helemaal niet welbespraakt, ik ben het vroeger nooit geweest, en ben het ook nu nog niet, al hebt Gij tot uw dienaar gesproken; ik ben slechts een stamelaar.

Italian Diodati Bible

E Mosè disse al Signore: Ahi! Signore, io non son mai per addietro stato uomo ben parlante, non pur da che tu parlasti al tuo servitore; conciossiachè io sia tardo di bocca e di lingua .

Douay-Rheims 1899

Moses said: I beseech thee, Lord. I am not eloquent from yesterday and the day before: and since thou hast spoken to thy servant, I have more impediment and slowness of tongue.

Geneva Bible 1599

But Moses said vnto the Lord, Oh my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither at any time haue bene, nor yet since thou hast spoken vnto thy seruant: but I am slowe of speach and slowe of tongue.

Danish Bible 1931

Men Moses sagde til HERREN: “Ak, Herre, jeg er ingen veltalende Mand, jeg var det ikke før og er det heller ikke nu, efter at du har talet til din Tjener, thi jeg har svært ved at udtrykke mig og tale for mig.”

Leeser Tanakh

And Moses said unto the Lord, Pardon, O Lord, I am not a man of words, neither yesterday, nor the day before, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for I am heavy of speech, and heavy of tongue.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And Moses said unto the LORD: 'Oh Lord, I am not a man of words, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.'

King James Version

¶ And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

King James Version + Apocrypha

¶ And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Môi-se thưa cùng Đức Giê-hô-va rằng: Oâi! lạy Chúa, từ hôm qua, hôm kia, hay là từ lúc Chúa phán dạy kẻ tôi tớ Chúa, tôi vẫn chẳng phải một tay nói giỏi, vì miệng và lưỡi tôi hay ngập ngừng.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

Revised West Version

¶ Pea pehēange ʻe Mōsese kia Sihova, “ʻE hoku ʻEiki, ʻOku ʻikai ko e leʻo afea au talu mei muʻa, pe talu hoʻo folofola ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki: ka ko e lea tōʻohi au, mo e ʻelelo tōʻohi.”

French Ostervald Bible

Et Moïse dit à l'Éternel: Ah! Seigneur, je ne suis point un homme qui ait la parole aisée, ni d'hier, ni d'avant-hier, ni depuis que tu parles à ton serviteur; car j'ai la bouche et la langue pesantes.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj Moseo diris al la Eternulo: Ho, mia Sinjoro, mi ne estas elokventa, nek de hieraŭ, nek de antaŭhieraŭ, nek de tiu tempo, kiam Vi komencis paroli al Via sklavo; ĉar mi havas nelertan buŝon kaj nelertan langon.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Moïse dit à l’Éternel: Ah! Seigneur, je ne suis pas un homme qui ait la parole facile, et ce n’est ni d’hier ni d’avant-hier, ni même depuis que tu parles à ton serviteur; car j’ai la bouche et la langue embarrassées.

German Luther Bible 1912

Mose aber sprach zu dem HERRN: Ach mein Herr, ich bin je und je nicht wohl beredt gewesen, auch nicht seit der Zeit, da du mit deinem Knecht geredet hast; denn ich habe eine schwere Sprache und eine schwere Zunge.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And Moses said to the Lord, I pray, Lord, I have not been sufficient in former times, neither from the time that you have begun to speak to your servant: I am weak in speech, and slow-tongued.

British English Septuagint 2012

And Moses said to the Lord, I pray, Lord, I have not been sufficient in former times, neither from the time that you have begun to speak to your servant: I am weak in speech, and slow-tongued.

Majority Standard BIble

“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”

Webster Bible

And Moses said to the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoke to thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

Revised Version

And Moses said unto the LORD, Oh Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

Italian Riveduta Bible

E Mosè disse all’Eterno: “Ahimè, Signore, io non sono un parlatore; non lo ero in passato, e non lo sono da quando tu hai parlato al tuo servo; giacché io sono tardo di parola e di lingua”.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Moïse dit au SEIGNEUR : « Ah, Seigneur, je ne suis pas un homme éloquent ; je ne l'ai jamais été, ni avant ni depuis que tu parles à ton serviteur, car j'ai la parole difficile et la langue embarrassée. »

Reina Valera 1909

Entonces dijo Moisés á Jehová: ¡Ay Señor! yo no soy hombre de palabras de ayer ni de anteayer, ni aun desde que tú hablas á tu siervo; porque soy tardo en el habla y torpe de lengua.

Spanish BLL

Moisés le dijo a Yahvé: “Ay, Señor, yo nunca he tenido facilidad de palabra, ni antes ni ahora que le hablas a tu siervo. Soy muy lento para hablar y me cuesta expresarme”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Moisés dijo a Yahvé: «¡Ay, Señor! Nunca he sido elocuente, ni antes, ni desde que has hablado a tu siervo; porque soy tardo de palabra y torpe de lengua.»

Croatian Bible

“Oprosti, Gospodine!” - nastavi Mojsije Jahvi. “Ja nikad nisam bio čovjek rječit; ni prije ni sada kad govoriš svome sluzi. Ja sam u govoru spor, a na jeziku težak.”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

A Mojsije reče Gospodu: Molim Ti se, Gospode, nisam rečit čovek, niti sam pre bio niti sam otkako si progovorio sa slugom svojim, nego sam sporih usta i sporog jezika.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

And Mosheh said before the Lord, In entreating, I am not a man who is (well) spoken, neither yesterday nor the day before, and from the time that thou spakest with Thy servant: for I am heavy of speech and of a deep tongue.

German Textbibel

Da sprach Mose zu Jahwe: Mit Verlaub, Herr! Ich bin kein Mann, der reden kann, sondern meine Sprache und meine Zunge sind schwerfällig.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And Moses said to the Lord, I pray, Lord, I have not been sufficient in former times, neither from the time that thou hast begun to speak to thy servant: I am weak in speech, and slow tongued.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֣ה אֶל־יְהוָה֮ בִּ֣י אֲדֹנָי֒ לֹא֩ אִ֨ישׁ דְּבָרִ֜ים אָנֹ֗כִי גַּ֤ם מִתְּמוֹל֙ גַּ֣ם מִשִּׁלְשֹׁ֔ם גַּ֛ם מֵאָ֥ז דַּבֶּרְךָ אֶל־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֧י כְבַד־פֶּ֛ה וּכְבַ֥ד לָשׁ֖וֹן אָנֹֽכִי׃

World English Bible

Moses said to the LORD, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”

World English Bible (Catholic)

Moses said to the LORD, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”

World English Bible British Edition

Moses said to the LORD, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Moses said to the LORD, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”

World English Bible Classic

Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”

World English Bible Updated

Moses said to the LORD, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”

World Messianic Bible

Moses said to the LORD, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Moses said to the LORD, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”

Wycliffe Bible portions

Moises seide, Lord, Y biseche, Y am `not eloquent fro yistirdai and the thridde dai ago; and sithen thou hast spokun to thi seruaunt, Y am of more lettid and slowere tunge.

Young's Literal Translation

And Moses saith unto Jehovah, 'O, my Lord, I [am] not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Thy speaking unto Thy servant, for I [am] slow of mouth, and slow of tongue.'

SEPTUAGINTA

εἶπε δὲ Μωυσῆς πρὸς Κύριον· δέομαι, Κύριε, οὐχ ἱκανός εἰμι πρὸ τῆς χθές, οὐδὲ πρὸ τῆς τρίτης ἡμέρας, οὐδὲ ἀφ᾿ οὗ ἤρξω λαλεῖν τῷ θεράποντί σου· ἰσχνόφωνος καὶ βραδύγλωσσος ἐγώ εἰμι.

Brenton Septuagint

Εἶπε δὲ Μωυσῆς πρὸς Κύριον, δέομαι, Κύριε· οὐχ ἱκανός εἰμι πρὸ τῆς χθὲς οὐδὲ πρὸ τῆς τρίτης ἡμέρας, οὐδὲ ἀφʼ οὗ ἤρξω λαλεῖν τῷ θεράποντί σου· ἰσχνόφωνος καὶ βραδύγλωσσος ἐγώ εἰμι.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Мойсе а зис Домнулуй: „Ах! Доамне, еу ну сунт ун ом ку ворбиря ушоарэ ши кусурул ачеста ну-й нич де ерь, нич де алалтэерь, нич мэкар де кынд ворбешть Ту робулуй Тэу, кэч ворба ши лимба ымь сунт ынкуркате.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

І каже Мойсей Господеві: Ой Господе! Не проречистий я нї здавна, нї з того часу, як почав єси глаголати рабові твойму. Нї! покволий у мові й тугоязикий.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

І каже Мойсей Господеві: Ой Господе! Не проречистий я нї здавна, нї з того часу, як почав єси глаголати рабові твойму. Нї! покволий у мові й тугоязикий.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

А Мојсије рече Господу: Молим Ти се, Господе, нисам речит човек, нити сам пре био нити сам откако си проговорио са слугом својим, него сам спорих уста и спорог језика.

Russian Synodal Bible

И сказал Моисей Господу: о, Господи! человек я не речистый, и таков был и вчера и третьего дня, и когда Ты начал говорить с рабом Твоим: я тяжело говорю и косноязычен.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֣ה אֶל־יְהוָה֮ בִּ֣י אֲדֹנָי֒ לֹא֩ אִ֨ישׁ דְּבָרִ֜ים אָנֹ֗כִי גַּ֤ם מִתְּמֹול֙ גַּ֣ם מִשִּׁלְשֹׁ֔ם גַּ֛ם מֵאָ֥ז דַּבֶּרְךָ אֶל־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֧י כְבַד־פֶּ֛ה וּכְבַ֥ד לָשֹׁ֖ון אָנֹֽכִי׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

ויאמר משה אל יהוה בי אדני לא איש דברים אנכי גם מתמול גם משלשם גם מאז דברך אל עבדך כי כבד פה וכבד לשון אנכי׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلرَّبِّ: «ٱسْتَمِعْ أَيُّهَا ٱلسَّيِّدُ، لَسْتُ أَنَا صَاحِبَ كَلَامٍ مُنْذُ أَمْسِ وَلَا أَوَّلِ مِنْ أَمْسِ، وَلَا مِنْ حِينِ كَلَّمْتَ عَبْدَكَ، بَلْ أَنَا ثَقِيلُ ٱلْفَمِ وَٱللِّسَانِ».

Old Persion Version Bible

پس موسی به خداوند گفت: «ای خداوند، من مردی فصیح نیستم، نه در سابق و نه از وقتی که به بنده خود سخن گفتی، بلکه بطی الکلام و کندزبان.»

Judson Burmese Bible

မောရှေ ကလည်း ၊ အို ဘုရား ရှင်၊ အကျွန်ုပ် သည် နှုတ် သတ္တိမ ရှိပါ။ အထက် ကလည်း မရှိပါ။ ကိုယ်တော် ကျွန် အား မိန့် တော်မူသောအခါ၌ပင် မရှိပါ။ နှုတ် လေး သောသူ၊ စကား နှေးနှေး ပြောတတ်သောသူဖြစ် ပါ၏ဟု ထာဝရဘုရား အား လျှောက် ဆို၏။

Korean Bible 1910

모세가 여호와께 고하되 `주여, 나는 본래 말에 능치 못한 자라 주께서 주의 종에게 명하신 후에도 그러하니 나는 입이 뻣뻣하고 혀가 둔한 자니이다'

Japanese Freedom Bible

モーセは主に言った。「ああ、主よ 、私はもともと口の達者な者ではありません。あなたがしもべに語られてからも同じです。私は口が重く、舌も重いのです。」

World Chinese Bible

摩西对耶和华说：“主啊， 我素来不是能言善辩的人；从前不是，自从你对仆人说话以来也不是；因为我说话迟钝，舌头笨拙。”

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

摩西对耶和华说：「主啊，我素日不是能言的人，就是从你对仆人说话以后，也是这样。我本是拙口笨舌的。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

摩西對耶和華說：「主啊，我素日不是能言的人，就是從你對僕人說話以後，也是這樣。我本是拙口笨舌的。」

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Então disse Moisés ao SENHOR: Ai Senhor! Eu não sou homem de palavras de ontem nem de anteontem, nem ainda desde que tu falas a teu servo; porque sou lento no fala e incômodo de língua.

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Mashi Bible

Mûsa abwîra Nyakasane, erhi: «Onfè lukogo, Yâgirwa Nyakasane, ntishishongêza binwa nka naderha, oli kurhenga injo, oli kurhenga lishinjo, ciru na kurhenga aga mango goshi odwîrhe washambâza mwambali wâwe, bulya akanwa kâni kabà kazirho n’olulimi lwâni lurhahundûla.»

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Mose aber sprach zum HERRN: Ach mein Herr, ich bin kein Mann, der reden kann; ich bin es weder gestern noch vorgestern gewesen und auch nicht, seitdem du mit deinem Knechte geredet hast; denn ich habe einen schwerfälligen Mund und eine schwere Zunge!

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Y dijo Moisés al Señor: Oh SEÑOR, no soy hombre de palabras; Nunca he sido así, y no lo soy ahora, incluso después de lo que le has dicho a tu siervo; porque hablar es duro para mí, y soy tardo de lengua.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Entonces Moisés dijo a Yavé: Te ruego, ʼAdonay: No soy elocuente, ni desde ayer, ni desde antes, ni desde cuando Tú hablas a tu esclavo, pues soy torpe de lenguaje y lento de lengua.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

And Moshe said unto Hashem, O Adonoi, I am not an ish devarim, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy eved; but I am slow of speech, and of a slow lashon.

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