Exodus 4:16
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.
Exodus 4:16 in other translations
| 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. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | and he, he hath spoken for thee unto the people, and it hath come to pass, he--he is to thee for a mouth, and thou--thou art to him for 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. |
| BBE | And he will do the talking for you to the people: he will be to you as a mouth and you will be to him as God. |
| Webster | And he shall speak for thee to 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. |
What does Exodus 4:16 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 4:10-17
Moses continued backward to the work God designed him for; there was much of cowardice, slothfulness, and unbelief in him. We must not judge of men by the readiness of their discourse. A great deal of wisdom and true worth may be with a slow tongue. God sometimes makes choice of those as his messengers, who have the least of the advantages of art or nature, that his grace in them may appear the more glorious…
Exodus 4:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 4:16
- Exodus 7:1-2
And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
- Psalms 82:6
I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
- John 10:34-35
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
- Exodus 18:19
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
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Context
- Exodus 4:15
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
- Exodus 4:16
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.
- Exodus 4:17
And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
Exodus 4:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y él hablará por ti al pueblo; y él te será á ti en lugar de boca, y tú serás para él en lugar de Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et il parlera pour toi au peuple, et il arrivera qu’il te sera en la place de bouche, et toi, tu lui seras en la place de Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er soll für dich zum Volke reden; und es wird geschehen, er wird dir zum Munde sein, und du wirst ihm zum Gott sein. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ipse loquetur pro te ad populum, et erit os tuum: tu autem eris ei in his quæ ad Deum pertinent. |