Exodus 4:1 - Compare All Versions

Exodus 4:1 NIV (New International Version)

Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you’?”

Exodus 4:1 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

Then Moses answered, “But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you.’”

Exodus 4:1 NLT (New Living Translation)

But Moses protested again, “What if they won’t believe me or listen to me? What if they say, ‘The LORD never appeared to you’?”

Exodus 4:1 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

Moses answered, “What if they won’t believe me and will not obey me but say, ‘The LORD did not appear  to you’? ”

Exodus 4:1 KJV (King James Version)

And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.

Exodus 4:1 NKJV (New King James Version)

Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’ ”

Exodus 4:1 MSG (The Message)

Moses objected, “They won’t trust me. They won’t listen to a word I say. They’re going to say, ‘GOD? Appear to him? Hardly!’”

Exodus 4:1 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

Then Moses said, “What if they will not believe me or listen to what I say? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’ ”

Exodus 4:1 AMP (Amplified Bible)

Then Moses answered [the LORD] and said, “What if they will not believe me or take seriously what I say? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’ ”

Exodus 4:1 NET (New English Translation)

Moses answered again, “And if they do not believe me or pay attention to me, but say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you’?”