Exodus 6:30
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New International Version (©2011)
But Moses said to the LORD, "Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh listen to me?"

New Living Translation (©2007)
But Moses argued with the LORD, saying, "I can't do it! I'm such a clumsy speaker! Why should Pharaoh listen to me?"

English Standard Version (©2001)
But Moses said to the LORD, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
But Moses said before the LORD, "Behold, I am unskilled in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?"

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But Moses replied in the LORD's presence, "Since I am such a poor speaker, how will Pharaoh listen to me?"

International Standard Version (©2012)
Moses said in the presence of the LORD, "Look, I'm not a persuasive speaker, so how will Pharaoh listen to me?"

NET Bible (©2006)
But Moses said before the LORD, "Since I speak with difficulty, why should Pharaoh listen to me?"

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
But Moses said to the LORD, "Why would Pharaoh listen to me?"

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

American King James Version
And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?

American Standard Version
And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses said before the Lord: Lo I am of uncircumcised lips, how will Pharao hear me?

Darby Bible Translation
And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how will Pharaoh hearken unto me?

English Revised Version
And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken to me?

World English Bible
Moses said before Yahweh, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?"

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses saith before Jehovah, 'Lo, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how doth Pharaoh hearken unto me?'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

6:14-30 Moses and Aaron were Israelites; raised up unto them of their brethren, as Christ also should be, who was to be the Prophet and Priest, the Redeemer and Lawgiver of the people of Israel. Moses returns to his narrative, and repeats the charge God had given him to deliver his message to Pharaoh, and his objection against it. Those who have spoken unadvisedly with their lips ought to reflect upon it with regret, as Moses seems to do here.Uncircumcised, is used in Scripture to note the unsuitableness there may be in any thing to answer its proper purpose; as the carnal heart and depraved nature of fallen man are wholly unsuited to the services of God, and to the purposes of his glory. It is profitable to place no confidence in ourselves, all our sufficiency must be in the Lord. We never can trust ourselves too little, or our God too much. I can do nothing by myself, said the apostle, but I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 30. - All that I say unto thee. To the general command thus expressed, was probably appended the particular injunction of verse 11, not here repeated - Speak thou unto Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land." The sacred historians continually abbreviate

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Moses said before the Lord, behold, I am of uncircumcised lips,.... As he had done, Exodus 6:13, and this is only a repetition of what is there said, in order to lead on to what is related in the following chapter:

how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? so mean a person, and so poor a speaker, and he a mighty king, surrounded with wise counsellors and eloquent orators.

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Moses and Aaron's Story Recounted
…28And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29That the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak you to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you. 30And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?

Exodus 4:1 Moses answered, "What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, 'The LORD did not appear to you'?"
Exodus 4:10 Moses said to the LORD, "Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue."
Exodus 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?"
Isaiah 6:5 "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."
Jeremiah 1:6 "Alas, Sovereign LORD," I said, "I do not know how to speak; I am too young."