⁶Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Look, I do not know how to speak, for I am a youth.”^b ⁷But Yahweh said to me, “You must not say, ‘I am a youth,’^c for to whomever^d I send you, you will go, and whatever^e I command you, you will speak. ⁸Do not be afraid of them,^f for I am with you to deliver you,” declares^g Yahweh.

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Footnotes

bOr “boy”
cOr “boy”
dLiterally “all of whom”
eLiterally “all of that”
fLiterally “you must not be afraid from the faces of them”
gLiterally “declaration of”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.” But the Lord said to me,

“Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’;

for to all to whom I send you, you shall go,

and whatever I command you, you shall speak.

Do not be afraid of them,

for I am with you to deliver you,

declares the Lord.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.”

But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But I protested, “Oh no, Lord God! Look, I don’t know how to speak since I am only a youth.”

Then the Lord said to me:

Do not say, “I am only a youth,”

for you will go to everyone I send you to

and speak whatever I tell you.

Do not be afraid of anyone,

for I will be with you to rescue you.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

NLTNew Living Translation

“O Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I can’t speak for you! I’m too young!”

The Lord replied, “Don’t say, ‘I’m too young,’ for you must go wherever I send you and say whatever I tell you. And don’t be afraid of the people, for I will be with you and will protect you. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

KJV 1900King James Version

Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

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