Éxodo 4:10

10 —SEÑOR, yo nunca me he distinguido por mi facilidad de palabra —objetó Moisés—. Y esto no es algo que haya comenzado ayer ni anteayer, ni hoy que te diriges a este servidor tuyo. Francamente, me cuesta mucho trabajo hablar.

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 —Si con la primera señal milagrosa no te creen ni te hacen caso —dijo el SEÑOR—, tal vez te crean con la segunda.

9 Pero si no te creen ni te hacen caso después de estas dos señales, toma agua del Nilo y derrámala en el suelo. En cuanto el agua del río toque el suelo, se convertirá en sangre.

10 —SEÑOR, yo nunca me he distinguido por mi facilidad de palabra —objetó Moisés—. Y esto no es algo que haya comenzado ayer ni anteayer, ni hoy que te diriges a este servidor tuyo. Francamente, me cuesta mucho trabajo hablar.

11 —¿Y quién le puso la boca al hombre? —le respondió el SEÑOR—. ¿Acaso no soy yo, el SEÑOR, quien lo hace sordo o mudo, quien le da la vista o se la quita?

12 Anda, ponte en marcha, que yo te ayudaré a hablar y te diré lo que debas decir.