Exodus 4:16 “He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it…”

Exodus 4:16

He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he shall be thy spokesman vnto the people: and he shall be, euen he shall be as thy mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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;

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“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.”

Psalm 82:6 Exodus 18:19 Exodus 7:1 Exodus 7:2 John 10:34 John 10:35

Psalm 82:6 · BSB

I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’

Exodus 18:19 · BSB

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.

Exodus 7:1 · BSB

The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.

Exodus 7:2 · BSB

You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.

John 10:34 · BSB

Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’ ?

John 10:35 · BSB

If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15You 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.

17But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”

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