And Moses answered and said, But suppose they will not believe, nor listen to my voice; suppose they say, Jehovah has not appeared to you.

Truly you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!

And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the Testimony of God.

I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

For his letters, they say, are weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.

Even though I am unskilled in speech, yet not in knowledge; but have been fully exposed to you in all things.

And Moses spoke before Jehovah, saying, The sons of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh heed me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?

Then I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am a youth.

And Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds.