Exodus 4:16
14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
15 You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
17 But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”
18 Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Og han skal tale til folket for deg; han skal være din munn, og du skal være Gud for ham.
- OTB
- Han skal tale til folket for deg, og det vil være som om han var din munn og du var Gud for ham.
- B1930
- Og han skal tale til folket for dig; han skal være din munn, og du skal være Gud for ham.
- BSB
- He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
- KJV
- And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
- WEB
- He will be your spokesman to the people. It will happen that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.
- ASV
- And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.
- DARBY
- And he shall speak for thee unto the people; and it shall come to pass that he shall be to thee for a mouth, and thou shalt be to him for God.
- BLB
- And he will speak for you to the people. And it shall come to pass that he shall be to you as a mouth, and you shall be to him as God.
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Kryssreferanser
Exodus 7:1–2
The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 82:6
I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
Les i sammenhengJohn 10:34–35
Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’?
Les i sammenhengExodus 18:19
Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.
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