Exodus 18:26

Exodus chapter 18 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

Context

v.25And 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.

v.26This passage

v.27And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 10:1

    And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to prove him with hard questions.

  • 1 Kings 3:16

    Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

  • 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 unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose;

  • 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 about thee from morning unto even?

  • 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 themselves: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

  • Job 29:16

    I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.