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Exodus 4:12
ESV Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak."
NIV Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say."
NASB Now then go, and I Myself will be with your mouth, and instruct you in what you are to say.'
CSB Now go! I will help you speak and I will teach you what to say."
NLT Now go! I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say.'
KJV Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
NKJV Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.”

What does Exodus 4:12 mean?

After Moses claimed he was a poor speaker (Exodus 4:10), God noted that he controls man's mouth (Exodus 4:11). Instead, God commands Moses to "go." The Lord also makes it clear that He will provide Moses with the words he needs at the right time. But Moses will continue to express doubt (Exodus 4:13). God will respond with annoyance at Moses' attitude (Exodus 4:14).

Today people remember Moses as the man who freed the Jews from Egyptian slavery. However, his original divine call was marked by fear and insecurity. He was an eighty-year-old shepherd (Exodus 7:7) who probably assumed his life would soon pass. Yet God had other plans. He would reunite Moses with his brother Aaron and sister Miriam (Exodus 15:20). The Lord would use Moses to lead the Jews for forty years. God often works in unexpected ways through unexpected people. Moses' call to serve God is evidence of how the Lord uses people of all ages and backgrounds to accomplish big things.
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