Exodus 4:10
“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.”
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.
Note eloquent: Heb. a man of words
Note heretofore: Heb. since yesterday, nor since the third day
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.”
Note The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai”.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- eloquent
- Heb. a man of words.
- Exodus 4:1; Job 12:2; 1 Corinthians 2:1–4; 2 Corinthians 10:10; 2 Corinthians 11:6
- heretofore
- Heb since yesterday, nor since the third day.slow of speech.
- Exodus 6:12; Jeremiah 1:6; Acts 7:22