Exodus 4:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He will speak for you to the people, and he will serve as your mouth, and you will serve as God to him.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 7:1-2 : 1 The Lord said to Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet." 2 You shall speak everything I command you, and your brother Aaron will speak to Pharaoh, so that he may let the Israelites go out of his land.
  • Exod 18:19 : 19 Now listen to me; I will give you advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people's representative before God and bring their disputes to Him.
  • Ps 82:6 : 6 I said, 'You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.'
  • John 10:34-35 : 34 Jesus answered them, 'Is it not written in your Law: "I have said you are gods"?' 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken—

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Exod 4:10-15
    6 verses
    89%

    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.'

    11The LORD said to him, 'Who gave human beings their mouths? Or who makes them mute, deaf, seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

    12Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.'

    13But Moses said, 'Pardon me, Lord. Please send someone else.'

    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.'

    15You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you both what to do.

  • Exod 4:17
    76%

    17And take this staff in your hand, for with it you shall perform the signs.

  • Exod 7:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1The Lord said to Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet."

    2You shall speak everything I command you, and your brother Aaron will speak to Pharaoh, so that he may let the Israelites go out of his land.

  • Deut 18:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17The LORD said to me, 'What they say is good.'

    18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

  • Num 12:8
    73%

    8With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?'

  • Exod 18:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19Now listen to me; I will give you advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people's representative before God and bring their disputes to Him.

    20Teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way they must walk and the work they must do.

  • Deut 18:15
    72%

    15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people. You must listen to him.

  • Num 11:17
    71%

    17I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it alone.

  • Exod 19:6
    71%

    6You will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.

  • Exod 3:12
    70%

    12God reassured him, 'I will certainly be with you. And this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.'

  • Isa 51:16
    70%

    16I have put My words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to lay the foundations of the earth, and to say to Zion, 'You are My people.'

  • Num 27:20
    69%

    20Transfer some of your authority to him so that the whole assembly of the Israelites will follow him.

  • Jer 1:9
    69%

    9Then the LORD reached out His hand and touched my mouth and said to me, 'Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.'

  • Ezek 3:26
    68%

    26I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house.

  • Acts 3:22
    68%

    22Moses said: 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.

  • Num 27:15-18
    4 verses
    68%

    15Moses spoke to the LORD, saying:

    16May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the assembly

    17to go out and come in before them, to lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.

    18The LORD said to Moses, "Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand on him.

  • Isa 28:11
    68%

    11Indeed, with stammering lips and another tongue, He will speak to this people.

  • Exod 33:11
    68%

    11The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua, son of Nun, did not leave the tent.

  • Exod 6:29-30
    2 verses
    68%

    29that the LORD said to Moses, 'I am the LORD. Speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, everything I tell you.'

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

  • Num 3:11
    68%

    11The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Jer 30:22
    68%

    22You will be My people, and I will be your God.

  • Lev 17:1
    68%

    1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Ezek 24:27
    68%

    27On that day, your mouth will be opened to speak with the fugitive, and you will no longer be silent. You will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Lord.

  • Acts 7:37
    67%

    37This is the same Moses who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.'

  • Lev 18:1
    67%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 4:2
    67%

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

  • Lev 24:13
    67%

    13Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 12:6
    67%

    6He said, 'Listen to My words: When there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, reveal Myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams.

  • Isa 55:4
    67%

    4See, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.

  • Judg 6:16
    67%

    16The Lord said to him, 'I will be with you, and you will strike down Midian as if it were one man.'

  • Deut 26:19
    67%

    19He will set you high above all the nations He has made, bringing you praise, fame, and honor. And you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.

  • 1 Sam 10:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be transformed into a different person.

    7Once these signs come to pass, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you.

  • Num 14:26
    67%

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

  • Num 15:17
    67%

    17The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Jer 1:7
    67%

    7But the LORD said to me, 'Do not say, “I am too young.” You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you.'

  • Deut 5:31
    67%

    31But as for you, stay here with Me, so that I may give you all the commands, decrees, and laws you are to teach them to follow in the land I am giving them to possess.