Exodus 4:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then Moses answered and said, 'What if they do not believe me or listen to me, but say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you’?

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 3:18 : 18 The elders of Israel will listen to you. Then you, along with the elders, must go to the king of Egypt and say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God.'
  • Exod 4:31 : 31 The people believed, and when they heard that the LORD had taken notice of the Israelites and had seen their suffering, they bowed down and worshiped.
  • Exod 6:30 : 30 But Moses said to the LORD, 'Behold, I am unskilled in speech, so how will Pharaoh listen to me?'
  • Jer 1:6 : 6 Then I said, 'Ah, Lord GOD! I do not know how to speak because I am too young.'
  • Ezek 3:14 : 14 The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and anger of spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
  • Acts 7:25 : 25 Moses assumed that his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not understand.
  • Exod 2:14 : 14 The man replied, 'Who made you a ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?' Moses was afraid and thought, 'Surely this matter is known.'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Exod 4:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2The LORD said to him, 'What is that in your hand?' Moses replied, 'A staff.'

    3Then He said, 'Throw it to the ground.' So Moses threw it to the ground, and it became a serpent, and he ran away from it.

  • Num 14:11
    78%

    11The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

  • Exod 4:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8'If they do not believe you or pay attention to the first sign, they may believe the second.'

    9'But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, then take some water from the Nile, pour it on the dry ground, and the water you take from the river will become blood on the ground.'

    10Moses said to the LORD, 'Pardon me, Lord, but I am not eloquent—neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.'

  • Exod 6:30
    76%

    30But Moses said to the LORD, 'Behold, I am unskilled in speech, so how will Pharaoh listen to me?'

  • Num 14:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

    14They will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, LORD, are among these people, that you, LORD, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

  • Acts 7:31
    76%

    31Moses was amazed at what he saw. As he approached to look more closely, he heard the voice of the Lord say,

  • Exod 3:11
    75%

    11But Moses said to God, 'Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?'

  • Exod 6:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh slavery.

    10Then the LORD said to Moses,

  • Exod 19:9
    75%

    9The LORD said to Moses, 'Behold, I am coming to you in a dense cloud so that the people may hear when I speak with you and may always believe in you.' Then Moses reported the people's words to the LORD.

  • Exod 4:5
    75%

    5'This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.'

  • Exod 3:4
    75%

    4When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him out of the bush and said, 'Moses, Moses!' And Moses replied, 'Here I am.'

  • Exod 6:12
    75%

    12But Moses spoke to the LORD, saying, "The Israelites have not listened to me. Why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?"

  • Lev 4:1
    75%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 17:4
    75%

    4Then Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "What should I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me!"

  • Num 27:15
    75%

    15Moses spoke to the LORD, saying:

  • Num 14:41
    74%

    41But Moses said, 'Why are you disobeying the LORD's command? This will not succeed.

  • Exod 3:13
    74%

    13Then Moses said to God, 'Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, "The God of your ancestors has sent me to you," and they ask me, "What is his name?" What should I tell them?'

  • Num 11:23
    74%

    23The LORD answered Moses, 'Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.'

  • Num 16:28
    74%

    28Then Moses said, "This is how you will know that the Lord has sent me to do all these things and that it was not my own idea:

  • Exod 14:1
    74%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Lev 18:1
    74%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 5:22
    73%

    22Moses returned to the Lord and said, "Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why did you send me?"

  • Exod 11:9
    73%

    9The LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh will not listen to you, in order that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt."

  • Exod 16:11
    73%

    11The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 20:12
    73%

    12But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe me and treat me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land I am giving them."

  • Lev 17:1
    73%

    1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 14:26
    73%

    26Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

  • Num 4:21
    73%

    21The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 33:12
    73%

    12Moses said to the LORD, 'See, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My eyes.’

  • Exod 32:9
    73%

    9The LORD also said to Moses, "I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people."

  • Num 20:7
    73%

    7The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 15:1
    73%

    1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 4:14
    72%

    14Then the LORD's anger burned against Moses, and He said, 'What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. Even now he is on his way to meet you, and he will be glad to see you.'

  • Exod 19:3
    72%

    3Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, "This is what you shall say to the house of Jacob and declare to the children of Israel:

  • Num 12:2
    72%

    2They said, 'Is it only through Moses that the LORD has spoken? Hasn't He also spoken through us?' And the LORD heard this.

  • Lev 24:13
    72%

    13Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Lev 14:1
    72%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Lev 19:1
    72%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 7:8
    72%

    8The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Exod 7:16
    72%

    16Then say to him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go so that they may worship me in the wilderness. But so far you have not listened.'

  • Exod 4:21
    72%

    21The LORD said to Moses, 'When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.'

  • Exod 6:2
    72%

    2God spoke to Moses and said to him, "I am the LORD."

  • Num 15:17
    71%

    17The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,