Exodus 4:1
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
KJV
Respondens Moyses ait : Non credent mihi, neque audient vocem meam, sed dicent : Non apparuit tibi Dominus.
Vulgate
Ἀπεκρίθη δὲ Μωυσῆς καὶ εἶπεν Ἐὰν μὴ πιστεύσωσίν μοι μηδὲ εἰσακούσωσιν τῆς φωνῆς μου, ἐροῦσιν γὰρ ὅτι Οὐκ ὦπταί σοι ὁ θεός, τί ἐρῶ πρὸς αὐτούς;
LXX
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto thee.
ASV
וַ/יַּ֤עַן מֹשֶׁה֙ וַ/יֹּ֔אמֶר וְ/הֵן֙ לֹֽא יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ לִ֔/י וְ/לֹ֥א יִשְׁמְע֖וּ בְּ/קֹלִ֑/י כִּ֣י יֹֽאמְר֔וּ לֹֽא נִרְאָ֥ה אֵלֶ֖י/ךָ יְהוָֽה
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers Jacob and Esau, Joseph's rise in Egypt, the famine, Jacob's family settling in Goshen, the enslavement of Israel, the birth and early life of Moses, the ten plagues, and the Exodus from Egypt including the crossing of the Red Sea.
Cross-references
- Exod 3:12 — And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
- Exod 3:18 — And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us
- Exod 4:10 — 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.
- Exod 4:13 — And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
- Jer 1:6 — Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
- Judg 6:17 — And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
- Num 16:28 — And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.