Exodus 18:26
And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Exodus 18:26 in other translations
| BSB | And they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but any minor issue they would judge themselves. |
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| WEB | They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard cases to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. |
| ASV | And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. |
| YLT | and they have judged the people at all times; the hard matter they bring in unto Moses, and every small matter they judge themselves. |
| DARBY | And they judged the people at all times: the hard matters they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged. |
| BBE | And they were judges in the causes of the people at all times: the hard questions they put before Moses; but on every small point they gave decisions themselves. |
| Webster | And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. |
What does Exodus 18:26 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 18:26 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 18:26
- 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.
- Job 29:16
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
- 1 Kings 3:16-28
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it. …
- Deuteronomy 17:8
If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;
- Exodus 18:14-15
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? And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
- 1 Kings 10:1
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.
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Context
- Exodus 18:25
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
- Exodus 18:26
And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
- Exodus 18:27
And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
Exodus 18:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y juzgaban al pueblo en todo tiempo: el negocio arduo traíanlo á Moisés, y ellos juzgaban todo negocio pequeño. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et ils jugèrent le peuple en tout temps: ils portaient devant Moïse les affaires difficiles, et toutes les petites affaires ils les jugeaient eux-mêmes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie richteten das Volk zu aller Zeit: die schwierige Sache brachten sie vor Mose, und jede kleine Sache richteten sie selbst. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui judicabant plebem omni tempore: quidquid autem gravius erat, referebant ad eum, faciliora tantummodo judicantes. |