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Exodus 4:13

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4:13But Moses said,34 “O35 my Lord, please send anyone else whom you wish to send!”36

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Footnotes

  1. 34 Heb “And he said”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 35 The word בִּי (bi) is a particle of entreaty; it seeks permission to speak and is always followed by “Lord” or “my Lord.”
  3. 36 The text has simply שְׁלַח־נָא בְּיַד־תִּשְׁלָח (shélakh-na’ béyad tishlakh, “send by the hand you will send”). This is not Moses’ resignation to doing God’s will—it is his final attempt to avoid the call. It carries the force of asking God to send someone else. This is an example of an independent relative clause governed by the genitive: “by the hand of—whomever you will send” (see §155.n).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But he said, “Oh, my Lord, please send someone else.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But Moses said, “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Moses said, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”

NLTNew Living Translation

But Moses again pleaded, “Lord, please! Send anyone else.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said, “Please, Lord, do send anyone else whom you wish to send.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.