Exodus · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Exodus 4 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Moisés respondió: «Pero ellos no me creerán ni me escucharán. Dirán: “El Señor no se te ha aparecido”».
1 Moses answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘Yahweh has not appeared to you.’”
2 El Señor le preguntó: «¿Qué tienes en la mano?». Moisés respondió: «Una vara».
2 Yahweh said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”
3 El Señor dijo: «Tírala al suelo». Moisés la tiró al suelo y la vara se convirtió en una serpiente. Moisés huyó de ella.
3 He said, “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.
4 Entonces el Señor le dijo: «Extiende la mano y agárrala por la cola». Moisés extendió la mano, la agarró y la serpiente volvió a ser una vara en su mano.
4 Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail.” He stretched out his hand, and took hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.
5 El Señor dijo: «Haz esto para que crean que el Señor, el Dios de sus padres, el Dios de Abraham, de Isaac y de Jacob, se te ha aparecido».
5 “This is so that they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
6 El Señor también le dijo: «Mete la mano dentro de tu ropa». Moisés lo hizo y, cuando sacó la mano, estaba cubierta de lepra y blanca como la nieve.
6 Yahweh said furthermore to him, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
7 Luego el Señor dijo: «Vuelve a meter la mano dentro de tu ropa». Moisés lo hizo y, cuando volvió a sacarla, estaba sana como el resto de su cuerpo.
7 He said, “Put your hand inside your cloak again.” He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.
8 El Señor dijo: «Si no te creen ni aceptan la primera señal, creerán al ver la segunda.
8 “It will happen, if they will not believe you or listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
9 Y si aun después de estas dos señales no te creen ni te escuchan, toma agua del Nilo y derrámala sobre tierra seca. El agua que saques del río se convertirá en sangre sobre la tierra».
9 It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.”
10 Moisés dijo al Señor: «Señor, yo nunca he tenido facilidad para hablar, ni antes ni ahora que has hablado con tu siervo. Me cuesta hablar y no tengo facilidad de palabra».
10 Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”
11 El Señor le respondió: «¿Quién hizo la boca del ser humano? ¿Quién hace al mudo o al sordo, al que ve o al ciego? ¿No soy yo, el Señor?
11 Yahweh said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, Yahweh?
12 Ahora ve. Yo estaré contigo cuando hables y te enseñaré lo que debes decir».
12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”
13 Pero Moisés dijo: «Señor, por favor, envía a otra persona».
13 Moses said, “Oh, Lord, please send someone else.”
14 Entonces el Señor se enojó con Moisés y dijo: «¿No tienes a tu hermano Aarón, el levita? Yo sé que él habla bien. Ya viene a tu encuentro, y al verte se alegrará.
14 Yahweh’s anger burned against Moses, and he said, “What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he is coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
15 Habla con él y dile lo que debe decir. Yo estaré contigo y con él cuando hablen, y les enseñaré lo que deben hacer.
15 You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
16 Él hablará al pueblo en tu lugar. Él será tu portavoz, y tú serás para él como Dios.
16 He will be your spokesman to the people. It will happen that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.
17 Lleva contigo esta vara, porque con ella harás las señales».
17 You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.”
18 Moisés volvió a donde estaba su suegro Jetro y le dijo: «Déjame regresar a Egipto para ver si mis parientes todavía viven». Jetro respondió: «Ve en paz».
18 Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
19 Mientras Moisés estaba en Madián, el Señor le dijo: «Regresa a Egipto, porque ya han muerto todos los que querían matarte».
19 Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.”
20 Entonces Moisés tomó a su esposa y a sus hijos, los hizo montar en un asno y regresó a Egipto. Llevaba en su mano la vara de Dios.
20 Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God’s rod in his hand.
21 El Señor dijo a Moisés: «Cuando regreses a Egipto, haz delante de Faraón todas las maravillas que te he dado poder para hacer. Pero yo endureceré su corazón, y él no dejará salir al pueblo.
21 Yahweh said to Moses, “When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
22 Entonces dirás a Faraón: “El Señor dice: Israel es mi hijo, mi hijo primogénito.
22 You shall tell Pharaoh, ‘Yahweh says, Israel is my son, my firstborn,
23 Yo te ordené: Deja ir a mi hijo para que me adore. Pero tú no quisiste dejarlo ir. Por eso voy a matar a tu hijo primogénito”».
23 and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’”
24 Durante el viaje, en el lugar donde pasaron la noche, el Señor salió a su encuentro y quiso matarlo.
24 On the way at a lodging place, Yahweh met Moses and wanted to kill him.
25 Entonces Séfora tomó una piedra afilada, cortó el prepucio de su hijo y tocó con él sus pies. Ella dijo: «En verdad, eres para mí un esposo de sangre».
25 Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”
26 Entonces el Señor lo dejó. Ella había dicho «esposo de sangre» por causa de la circuncisión.
26 So he let him alone. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.
27 El Señor dijo a Aarón: «Ve al desierto al encuentro de Moisés». Aarón fue y se encontró con él en el monte de Dios, y lo besó.
27 Yahweh said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” He went, and met him on God’s mountain, and kissed him.
28 Moisés contó a Aarón todo lo que el Señor le había mandado decir y todas las señales que le había ordenado hacer.
28 Moses told Aaron all Yahweh’s words with which he had sent him, and all the signs with which he had instructed him.
29 Después Moisés y Aarón fueron y reunieron a todos los ancianos de los hijos de Israel.
29 Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.
30 Aarón les comunicó todo lo que el Señor había dicho a Moisés, y Moisés hizo las señales delante del pueblo.
30 Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
31 El pueblo creyó. Cuando oyeron que el Señor se preocupaba por los hijos de Israel y que había visto su sufrimiento, se inclinaron y lo adoraron.
31 The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Zipporah
The Midianite daughter of Jethro who became Moses' wife in the wilderness.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2:16-22; Exodus 4:24-26; Exodus 18
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 3:18; Exodus 4:31; Jeremiah 1:6; Exodus 2:14; Acts 7:25
- 2 Exodus 4:20; Exodus 4:17; Psalm 110:2; Isaiah 11:4; Genesis 30:37
- 3 Exodus 7:10–15; Amos 5:19; Exodus 4:17
- 4 Mark 16:18; Acts 28:3–6; Luke 10:19; Psalm 91:13; John 2:5
- 5 Exodus 19:9; Genesis 26:2; Exodus 3:15; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 48:3
- 6 2 Kings 5:27; Numbers 12:10
- 7 2 Kings 5:14; Deuteronomy 32:39; Matthew 8:3; Numbers 12:13–15
- 8 Isaiah 28:10; Deuteronomy 32:39; Exodus 4:30–31; 2 Kings 5:7; Job 5:18
- 9 Exodus 1:22; Exodus 7:19–25; Matthew 7:2
- 10 Jeremiah 1:6; Exodus 6:12; Acts 7:22; Exodus 4:1; 2 Corinthians 11:6
- 11 Psalm 146:8; Isaiah 6:7; Amos 3:6; Psalm 94:9; Ezekiel 3:26–27
- 12 Jeremiah 1:9; Luke 12:11–12; Matthew 10:19–20; Luke 21:14–15; Mark 13:11
- 13 Jonah 1:3; Exodus 4:1; Ezekiel 3:14–15; Jonah 1:6; John 6:29
- 14 Mark 14:13–15; 1 Chronicles 21:7; Exodus 4:27; 2 Corinthians 7:6–7; Philippians 2:21
- 15 Isaiah 51:16; Deuteronomy 18:18; Numbers 23:16; Numbers 23:12; Luke 21:15
- 16 Exodus 7:1–2; Psalm 82:6; John 10:34–35; Exodus 18:19
- 17 Exodus 4:2; 1 Corinthians 1:27; Exodus 7:9–20
- 18 Exodus 3:1; Luke 7:50; 1 Timothy 6:1; Acts 16:36; Genesis 45:3
- 19 Matthew 2:20; Exodus 2:23; Exodus 2:15
- 20 Exodus 17:9; Numbers 20:8–9; Exodus 4:2; Exodus 18:3–4; Numbers 20:11
- 21 Romans 9:18; Joshua 11:20; Isaiah 63:17; Exodus 14:8; Exodus 7:13
- 22 Hosea 11:1; Romans 9:4; Jeremiah 31:9; Hebrews 12:23; Deuteronomy 14:1
- 23 Exodus 12:29; Exodus 11:5; Psalm 135:8; Psalm 105:36; Exodus 5:1
- 24 Genesis 17:14; Numbers 22:22–23; 1 Chronicles 21:16; Leviticus 10:3; Exodus 3:18
- 25 Joshua 5:2–3; Genesis 17:14; 2 Samuel 16:7
- 27 Exodus 3:1; Acts 10:5–6; Ecclesiastes 4:9; Exodus 20:18; Acts 10:20
- 28 Exodus 4:15–16; Exodus 4:8–9; Matthew 21:29; Jonah 3:2
- 29 Exodus 3:16; Exodus 24:11; Exodus 24:1
- 30 Exodus 4:16
- 31 Exodus 3:18; Exodus 12:27; Exodus 2:25; Psalm 106:12–13; Exodus 3:16
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And nevertheless Moses feared and fled. What is it that Moses fled from that serpent?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Thus Moses also first is in fear of the serpent, and not merely in fear, but even with much distress: and then he sees that strange thing come to pass. So these too, having first looked to perish, were then saved, that having confessed the danger, they might learn the greatness of the miracle.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… have a thing which without doubt we can ascribe to them; the dyings of the beasts, the dyings of the first-born, and this especially whence all these things proceeded, namely, the hardening of heart, so that they would not let go the people of God. For when God is said to make this most iniquitous and malignant obstinacy, He maketh …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… in behalf of heartless and disobedient men; and by the very persons who were saved by them, they were brought into extreme danger; and each of them wishing to withdraw men from idolatry; and each being unlearned; for the one was of a "slow tongue," and dull of speech, and the other for his part also somewhat of the rudest …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)