Exodus 4:13

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But Moses said, 'Pardon me, Lord. Please send someone else.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר בִּ֣י אֲדֹנָ֑י שְֽׁלַֽח־נָ֖א בְּיַד־תִּשְׁלָֽח׃

Transliteration

And yōʾmer by-me ʾădōnāy šĕlaḥ-nāʾ by-hand-tišlāḥ.

Grammar Details

• *yōʾmer*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw conversive - said
• *ʾădōnāy*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord
• *šĕlaḥ*: qal imperative, masculine singular - send
• *nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please/now
• *tišlāḥ*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will send

Word Meanings

• *šĕlaḥ-nāʾ bĕyad-tišlāḥ*: send by whomever you will send/send anyone else/send by the hand you will send

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray, by the hand of him whom you will send.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said,{H559} Oh,{H994} Lord,{H136} send,{H7971} I pray thee, by the hand{H3027} of him whom thou wilt send.{H7971}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, O{H994} my Lord{H136}, send{H7971}{(H8798)}, I pray thee, by the hand{H3027} of him whom thou wilt send{H7971}{(H8799)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he sayde: oh my Lorde, send I pray the whome thou wilt.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But Moses sayde: My LORDE, sende whom thou wilt sende.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But he saide, Oh my Lorde, sende, I pray thee, by the hande of him, whome thou shouldest sende.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He said: oh my Lorde, sende I pray thee, by the hande of hym whom thou wylt sende.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand [of him whom] thou wilt send.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he saith, `O, my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand Thou dost send.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But Moses said,“O my Lord, please send anyone else whom you wish to send!”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 24:7 : 7 The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's household and my native land, who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' will send His angel before you so that you can find a wife for my son there.
• Gen 48:16 : 16 'The Angel who redeemed me from all harm, may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. May they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.'
• Exod 4:1 : 1 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’?
• Exod 23:20 : 20 See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
• Judg 2:1 : 1 The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, 'I brought you up from Egypt and led you to the land I swore to give to your ancestors. I said, I will never break my covenant with you forever.'
• 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 He went a day's journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom tree, sat under it, and prayed that he might die. 'Enough, LORD,' he said. 'Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.'
• Jer 1:6 : 6 Then I said, 'Ah, Lord GOD! I do not know how to speak because I am too young.'
• Jer 20:9 : 9 But if I say, 'I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,' His word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.
• Ezek 3:14-15 : 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. 15 I came to the exiles at Tel Aviv who were living by the Kebar River, and I sat among them for seven days, stunned and overwhelmed by their presence.
• Jonah 1:3 : 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, found a ship going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and boarded it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.
• Jonah 1:6 : 6 The captain came to him and said, "What are you doing, sound asleep? Get up, call on your god! Perhaps your god will consider us, so that we will not perish."
• Matt 13:41 : 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all things that cause sin and all who practice lawlessness.
• John 6:29 : 29 Jesus answered them, 'This is the work of God: that you believe in the one he has sent.'