Exodus 18:14
And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
Exodus 18:14 in other translations
| BSB | When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?” |
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| WEB | When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, “What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?” |
| ASV | And when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand about thee from morning unto even? |
| YLT | and the father-in-law of Moses seeth all that he is doing to the people, and saith, ‘What is this thing which thou art doing to the people? wherefore art thou sitting by thyself, and all the people standing by thee from morning till evening?' |
| DARBY | And Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did with the people, and said, What is this thing which thou art doing with the people? why dost thou sit alone, and all the people are standing by thee from morning to evening? |
| BBE | And when Moses' father-in-law saw all he was doing, he said, What is this you are doing for the people? why are you seated here by yourself, with all the people waiting before you from morning till evening? |
| Webster | And when Moses's father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? Why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning to evening? |
What does Exodus 18:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 18:13-26
13-26. on the morrow ... Moses sat to judge the people, &c.--We are here presented with a specimen of his daily morning occupations; and among the multifarious duties his divine legation imposed, it must be considered only a small portion of his official employments. He appears in this attitude as a type of Christ in His legislative and judicial characters. the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 18:13-27
Here is the great zeal and the toil of Moses as a magistrate. Having been employed to redeem Israel out of the house of bondage, he is a further type of Christ, that he is employed as a lawgiver and a judge among them. If the people were as quarrelsome one with another as they were with God, no doubt Moses had many causes brought before him. This business Moses was called to; it appears that he did it with great…
Exodus 18:14 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Exodus 18:13
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
- Exodus 18:14
And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
- Exodus 18:15
And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
Exodus 18:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y viendo el suegro de Moisés todo lo que él hacía con el pueblo, dijo: ¿Qué es esto que haces tú con el pueblo? ¿por qué te sientas tú solo, y todo el pueblo está delante de ti desde la mañana hasta la tarde? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et le beau-père de Moïse vit tout ce qu’il faisait avec le peuple, et il dit: Que fais-tu là avec le peuple? Pourquoi es-tu assis seul, et tout le peuple se tient auprès de toi depuis le matin jusqu’au soir? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Schwiegervater Moses sah alles, was er mit dem Volke tat, und er sprach: Was ist das, das du mit dem Volke tust? warum sitzest du allein, und alles Volk steht bei dir vom Morgen bis zum Abend? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quod cum vidisset cognatus ejus, omnia scilicet quæ agebat in populo, ait: Quid est hoc quod facis in plebe? cur solus sedes, et omnis populus præstolatur de mane usque ad vesperam? |