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Exodus 4:1

Moses
DoubtFearIdentity and self-worth
Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”

2 And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.

3 “Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.

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BSB
Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
KJV
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
WEB
Moses answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
ASV
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto thee.
DARBY
And Moses answered and said, But behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah has not appeared to thee.
BLB
And Moses answered and said, “And if they will not give credence to me and they will not listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘YHWH has not appeared to you.’”
ÅB
Moses svarte: De vil visst ikke tro meg og ikke høre på meg, de vil si: Herren har ikke åpenbart seg for deg.
OTB
Moses svarte: «Hva om de ikke tror meg eller lytter til mine ord, og sier: ‘Herren har ikke vist seg for deg’?»
B1930
Moses svarte: De vil visst ikke tro mig og ikke høre på mig, de vil si: Herren har ikke åpenbaret sig for dig.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 3:18

    The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’

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  • Exodus 4:31

    and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.

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  • Jeremiah 1:6

    “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”

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  • Exodus 2:14

    But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”

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  • Acts 7:25

    He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.

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  • Exodus 6:30

    But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”

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  • Ezekiel 3:14

    So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.

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