Exodus 3:11
9 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
10 Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
12 “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
13 Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
- KJV
- And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
- WEB
- Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
- ASV
- And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
- DARBY
- And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
- BLB
- And Moses said to God, “Who [am] I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?”
- ÅB
- Men Moses sa til Gud: Hvem er jeg, at jeg skulle gå til Farao, og at jeg skulle føre Israels barn ut av Egypt?
- OTB
- Men Moses sa til Gud: «Hvem er jeg, at jeg skulle gå til farao og føre israelittene ut av Egypt?»
- B1930
- Men Moses sa til Gud: Hvem er jeg, at jeg skulde gå til Farao, og at jeg skulde føre Israels barn ut av Egypten?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 18:18
And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”
Read in contextExodus 6:12
But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”
Read in context2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
Read in contextJeremiah 1:6
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
Read in context2 Corinthians 2:16
To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
Read in context2 Samuel 7:18
Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
Read in context1 Kings 3:9
Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
Read in contextIsaiah 6:5–8
Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
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