Éxodo 4:10

10 Entonces Moisés dijo al SEÑOR: Por favor, Señor, nunca he sido hombre elocuente, ni ayer ni en tiempos pasados, ni aun después de que has hablado a tu siervo; porque soy tardo en el habla y torpe de lengua.

Éxodo 4:10 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 4:10

And Moses said unto the Lord
Notwithstanding the above miracles, he seems unwilling to go on the Lord's errand to Pharaoh and to the Israelites, and therefore invents a new objection after all his other objections had been sufficiently answered: I am not eloquent;
or "a man of words" ^F19, that has words at command, that can speak well readily, and gracefully; such an one, he intimates, was proper to be sent to a king's court, that was an orator, that could make fine speeches, and handsome addresses, for which he was not qualified: neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken to thy servant;
neither in his younger years had he ever been an eloquent man, nor was there any alteration in him in that respect, since God had given him this call: but I [am] slow of speech, and of a slow tongue;
had some impediment in his speech, could not freely and easily bring out his words, or rightly pronounce them; so Lucian ^F20 the Heathen calls Moses slow tongued, or one slow of speech, and uses the same word the Septuagint does here, which version perhaps he had seen, and from thence took it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 (Myrbd vya) "vir verborum", Paguinus, Montanus, Piscator, Ainsworth.
F20 In Philopatride.

Éxodo 4:10 In-Context

8 Y acontecerá que si no te creen, ni obedecen el testimonio de la primera señal, quizá crean el testimonio de la segunda señal.

9 Y sucederá que si todavía no creen estas dos señales, ni escuchan tu voz, entonces tomarás agua del Nilo y la derramarás sobre la tierra seca; y el agua que tomes del Nilo se convertirá en sangre sobre la tierra seca.

10 Entonces Moisés dijo al SEÑOR: Por favor, Señor, nunca he sido hombre elocuente, ni ayer ni en tiempos pasados, ni aun después de que has hablado a tu siervo; porque soy tardo en el habla y torpe de lengua.

11 Y el SEÑOR le dijo: ¿Quién ha hecho la boca del hombre? ¿O quién hace al hombre mudo o sordo, con vista o ciego? ¿No soy yo, el SEÑOR?

12 Ahora pues, ve, y yo estaré con tu boca, y te enseñaré lo que has de hablar.