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Louis Segond 1910
Va donc, je serai avec ta bouche, et je t'enseignerai ce que tu auras à dire.
KJV
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
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2Philo Judaeus
Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit
ῖν τὸν χρησμὸν βεβαιούμενος ἐκεῖνον· „ἐγὼ ἀνοίξω τὸ στόμα σου, καὶ συμβιβάσω σε ἃ μέλλεις λαλήσειν“ (Exod. 4,12). τίς γὰρ ἐγενόμην, ἵνα σύ μοι λόγου μεταδῷς, ἵνα μισθὸν ὁμολογῇς, χάριτος καὶ δωρεᾶς ἀγαθὸν τελεώτερον; οὐ τῆς πατρίδος εἰμὶ μετανάστης; οὐ τῆς συγγενείας ἀπελήλαμαι;…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
): "I beseech thee, Lord, I am not eloquent from yesterday, and the day before," the Lord answered ( Ex. 4:12 ): "I will be in thy mouth, and I will teach thee what thou shalt speak." At other times the impediment cannot be removed, neither by the person appointing nor by the one…
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