Exodus 4:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You 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.”
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“You 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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and thou hast spoken unto him, and hast set the words in his mouth, and I--I am with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and have directed you that which ye do;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 4:15 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 4:12Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
- Exodus 4:28And Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform.
- Exodus 7:1The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
- Numbers 22:38“See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
- Numbers 23:5Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”
- Numbers 23:12But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
- Numbers 23:16And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
- Deuteronomy 5:31But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
- Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
- 2 Samuel 14:3Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
- Psalms 25:12Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
- Isaiah 51:16I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
- Isaiah 59:21“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 1:9Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
- Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Luke 21:15For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
- 1 Corinthians 11:23For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,
- 1 Corinthians 15:1Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.
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