Verse 14
Exodus 18:14
Young's Literal Translation
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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?'
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּרְא֙ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֵ֛ת כָּל אֲשֶׁר ה֥וּא עֹשֶׂ֖ה לָ/עָ֑ם וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר מָֽה הַ/דָּבָ֤ר הַ/זֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַתָּ֤ה עֹשֶׂה֙ לָ/עָ֔ם מַדּ֗וּעַ אַתָּ֤ה יוֹשֵׁב֙ לְ/בַדֶּ֔/ךָ וְ/כָל הָ/עָ֛ם נִצָּ֥ב עָלֶ֖י/ךָ מִן בֹּ֥קֶר עַד עָֽרֶב
English Translation
And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, saw all that he was doing for the people, and he said, "What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning until evening?"
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Chapter 18 Context
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And Jethro priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, heareth all that God (Elohim) hath done for Mos...
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and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents,
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and her two sons, of whom the name of the one [is] Gershom, for he said, 'a sojourner I have been in...
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and the name of the other [is] Eliezer, for, 'the God (Elohim) of my father [is] for my help, and do...
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And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, cometh, and his sons, and his wife, unto Moses, unto the wildern...
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and he saith unto Moses, 'I, thy father-in-law, Jethro, am coming unto thee, and thy wife, and her t...
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And Moses goeth out to meet his father-in-law, and boweth himself, and kisseth him, and they ask one...
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and Moses recounteth to his father-in-law all that Jehovah hath done to Pharaoh, and to the Egyptian...
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And Jethro rejoiceth for all the good which Jehovah hath done to Israel, whom He hath delivered from...
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and Jethro saith, 'Blessed [is] Jehovah, who hath delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and...
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now I have known that Jehovah [is] greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proud...
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And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God (Elohim); and Aar...
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And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that Moses sitteth to judge the people, and the people stand be...
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and the father-in-law of Moses seeth all that he is doing to the people, and saith, 'What [is] this...
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And Moses saith to his father-in-law, 'Because the people come unto me to seek God (Elohim);
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when they have a matter, it hath come unto me, and I have judged between a man and his neighbour, an...
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And the father-in-law of Moses saith unto him, 'The thing which thou art doing [is] not good;
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thou dost surely wear away, both thou, and this people which [is] with thee, for the thing is too he...
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'Now, hearken to my voice, I counsel thee, and God (Elohim) is with thee: be thou for the people ove...
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and thou hast warned them [concerning] the statutes and the laws, and hast made known to them the wa...
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'And thou -- thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God (Elohim), men of tr...
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and they have judged the people at all times; and it hath come to pass, every great matter they brin...
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If thou dost this thing, and God (Elohim) hath commanded thee, then thou hast been able to stand, an...
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And Moses hearkeneth to the voice of his father-in-law, and doth all that he said,
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and Moses chooseth men of ability out of all Israel, and maketh them chiefs over the people, heads o...
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and they have judged the people at all times; the hard matter they bring in unto Moses, and every sm...
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And Moses sendeth his father-in-law away, and he goeth away unto his own land.
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