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Exodus 4:16

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4:16He47 will speak for you to the people, and it will be as if48 he49 were your mouth50 and as if you were his God.51

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  1. 47 The word “he” represents the Hebrew independent pronoun, which makes the subject emphatic.
  2. 48 The phrase “as if” is supplied for clarity.
  3. 49 Heb “and it will be [that] he, he will be to you for a mouth,” or more simply, “he will be your mouth.”
  4. 50 Heb “he will be to you for a mouth.”
  5. 51 The phrase “as if” is supplied for clarity. The word “you” represents the Hebrew independent pronoun, which makes the subject emphatic. Moses will be like God to Aaron, giving him the words to say, inspiring him as God would inspire a prophet. The whole process had now been removed one step. Instead of God speaking to Moses and Moses telling the people, Aaron would be the speaker for a while. But God was still going to work through Moses.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be as God to him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He will speak to the people for you. He will serve as a mouth for you, and you will serve as God to him.

NLTNew Living Translation

Aaron will be your spokesman to the people. He will be your mouthpiece, and you will stand in the place of God for him, telling him what to say.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he will speak for you to the people, and then he will be to you as a mouth, and you will be to him as a god.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.