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Exodus 6:12

NETBible	But Moses replied to¹ the Lord, “If the Israelites did not listen to me, then² how will Pharaoh listen to me, since³ I speak with difficulty?”⁴
NIV © biblegateway Exo 6:12	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?"
NASB © biblegateway Exo 6:12	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?"
NLT © biblegateway Exo 6:12	"But LORD!" Moses objected. "My own people won’t listen to me anymore. How can I expect Pharaoh to listen? I’m no orator!"
MSG © biblegateway Exo 6:12	Moses answered GOD, "Look--the Israelites won't even listen to me. How do you expect Pharaoh to? And besides, I stutter."
BBE © SABDAweb Exo 6:12	And Moses, answering the Lord, said, See, the children of Israel will not give ear to me; how then will Pharaoh give ear to me, whose lips are unclean?
NRSV © bibleoremus Exo 6:12	But Moses spoke to the LORD, "The Israelites have not listened to me; how then shall Pharaoh listen to me, poor speaker that I am?"
NKJV © biblegateway Exo 6:12	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?"
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KJV	And Moses <04872> spake <01696> (8762) before <06440> the LORD <03068>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Behold, the children <01121> of Israel <03478> have not hearkened <08085> (8804) unto me; how then shall Pharaoh <06547> hear <08085> (8799) me <0589>_, who [am] of uncircumcised <06189> lips <08193>_?
NASB © biblegateway Exo 6:12	But Moses <04872> spoke <01696> before <06440> the LORD <03068> , saying <0559> , "Behold <02005> , the sons <01121> of Israel <03478> have not listened <08085> to me; how <0349> then will Pharaoh <06547> listen <08085> to me, for I am unskilled <06189> in speech <08193> ?"
LXXM	elalhsen <2980> V-AAI-3S de <1161> PRT mwushv {N-NSM} enanti <1725> PREP kuriou <2962> N-GSM legwn <3004> V-PAPNS idou <2400> INJ oi <3588> T-NPM uioi <5207> N-NPM israhl <2474> N-PRI ouk <3364> ADV eishkousan <1522> V-AAI-3P mou <1473> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ pwv <4459> ADV eisakousetai <1522> V-FMI-3S mou <1473> P-GS faraw <5328> N-PRI egw <1473> P-NS de <1161> PRT alogov <249> A-NSM eimi <1510> V-PAI-1S
NET [draft] ITL	But Moses <04872> replied <01696> to <06440> the Lord <03068> , “If <02005> the Israelites <03478> <01121> did not <03808> listen <08085> to <0413> me, then how <0349> will Pharaoh <06547> listen <08085> to me <0589> , since I speak with difficulty <08193> <06189> ?”
HEBREW	P Mytpv <08193> lre <06189> ynaw <0589> herp <06547> ynemsy <08085> Kyaw <0349> yla <0413> wems <08085> al <03808> larvy <03478> ynb <01121> Nh <02005> rmal <0559> hwhy <03068> ynpl <06440> hsm <04872> rbdyw (6:12) <01696>

NETBible

But Moses replied to¹ the Lord, “If the Israelites did not listen to me, then² how will Pharaoh listen to me, since³ I speak with difficulty?”⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “And Moses spoke before.”

²sn This analogy is an example of a qal wahomer comparison. It is an argument by inference from the light (qal) to the heavy (homer), from the simple to the more difficult. If the Israelites, who are Yahwists, would not listen to him, it is highly unlikely Pharaoh would.

³tn The final clause begins with a disjunctive vav (ו), a vav on a nonverb form – here a pronoun. It introduces a circumstantial causal clause.

⁴tn Heb “and [since] I am of uncircumcised lips.” The “lips” represent his speech (metonymy of cause). The term “uncircumcised” makes a comparison between his speech and that which Israel perceived as unacceptable, unprepared, foreign, and of no use to God. The heart is described this way when it is impervious to good impressions (Lev 26:41; Jer 9:26) and the ear when it hears imperfectly (Jer 6:10). Moses has here returned to his earlier claim – he does not speak well enough to be doing this.