¹⁰ Then Moses said to the Lord, “Please, Lord, I am not a man of words (eloquent, fluent), neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am ^[a]slow of speech and tongue.”

¹² But Moses said to the Lord, “Look, [my own people] the Israelites have not listened to me; so how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am ^[a]unskilled and inept in speech?”

³⁰ But Moses said before the Lord, “Look, I am ^[a]unskilled and inept in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me and pay attention to what I say?”

⁷ So now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king in place of David my father; and as for me, I am but a little boy [^[a]in wisdom and experience]; I do not know how to go out or come in [that is, how to conduct business as a king].