⁶and not to many nations of obscure speech^g and a difficult language^h whose wordsⁱ you do not understand, for if I had sent you to them they would have listened to you.

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Footnotes

gLiterally “obscure of tongue”
hLiterally “heavy/thick of tongue”
iLiterally “their words”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

not to many peoples of foreign speech and a hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I sent you to such, they would listen to you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

not to many peoples of obscure speech and strange language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

not to the many peoples of unintelligible speech or a difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. No doubt, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.

NLTNew Living Translation

No, I am not sending you to people with strange and difficult speech. If I did, they would listen!

KJV 1900King James Version

Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.

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