Exodus 18:23
If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
Exodus 18:23 in other translations
| BSB | If you follow this advice and God so directs you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people can go home in peace.” |
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| WEB | If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their place in peace.” |
| ASV | If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people also shall go to their place in peace. |
| YLT | If thou dost this thing, and God hath commanded thee, then thou hast been able to stand, and all this people also goeth in unto its place in peace.' |
| DARBY | If thou do this thing, and God command thee so, thou wilt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace. |
| BBE | If you do this, and God gives approval, then you will be able to go on without weariness, and all this people will go to their tents in peace. |
| Webster | If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace. |
What does Exodus 18:23 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 18:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 18:23
- Exodus 18:18
Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
- 1 Samuel 8:6-7
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord. And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
- 1 Samuel 8:22
And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
- Genesis 21:10-12
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son. And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
- 2 Samuel 18:3
But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.
- Genesis 18:33
And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
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Context
- Exodus 18:22
And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
- Exodus 18:23
If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
- Exodus 18:24
So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
Exodus 18:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si esto hicieres, y Dios te lo mandare, tú podrás persistir, y todo este pueblo se irá también en paz á su lugar. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si tu fais cela, et que Dieu te le commande, tu pourras subsister, et tout ce peuple aussi arrivera en paix en son lieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn du dieses tust und Gott es dir gebietet, so wirst du bestehen können, und auch dieses ganze Volk wird in Frieden an seinen Ort kommen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si hoc feceris, implebis imperium Dei, et præcepta ejus poteris sustentare: et omnis hic populus revertetur ad loca sua cum pace. |