Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
Jethro
priest
of
Midian,
father-in-law of Moses
, heareth
all that God hath
done for Moses ,
and for
Israel
his people, that
Jehovah
hath
brought out
Israel from
Egypt ,
Now
Moses’
father-in-law Jethro,
the
priest
of Midian
, heard
about
all that God had
done for Moses and His people Israel
, and
how
the
LORD
had
brought Israel out
of
Egypt .
and
Jethro
, father-in-law of
Moses,
taketh
Zipporah,
wife
of
Moses,
besides
her parents
,
After
Moses
had
sent
back
his
wife
Zipporah
, his
father-in-law Jethro
had
received
her,
and
her two sons ,
of
whom
the
name
of
the
one `is'
Gershom, for he
said, `a
sojourner
I have been in a strange
land :'
along
with
her two sons .
One son
was
named
Gershom, for Moses
had
said, “
I have been a
foreigner
in a foreign
land .”
and
the name
of
the
other `is'
Eliezer, for, `
the God of my father `is'
for
my help,
and doth
deliver
me from the sword of Pharaoh. '
The other son
was
named
Eliezer, for Moses
had
said
, “
The God of my father was
my helper
and delivered
me from the sword of Pharaoh. ”
And
Jethro,
father-in-law of
Moses,
cometh
, and his
sons, and
his
wife,
unto
Moses,
unto
the wilderness
where he is
encamping
--
the mount
of God ;
Moses’
father-in-law Jethro
, along
with
Moses’
wife
and sons, came
to
him
in
the desert,
where he was
encamped
at
the mountain
of God .
and
he saith
unto
Moses, `
I, thy
father-in-law ,
Jethro, am coming unto
thee,
and
thy
wife ,
and her two sons with
her
. '
He sent
word
to
Moses, “
I, your
father-in-law Jethro, am coming to
you
with
your
wife and her two sons. ”
And
Moses goeth
out to meet his father-in-law ,
and boweth
himself,
and kisseth
him ,
and
they ask
one
at
another
of
welfare,
and come
into the tent ;
So
Moses went
out to meet his father-in-law and bowed
down
and kissed
him .
They greeted
each
other
and went
into the tent .
and
Moses recounteth
to his father-in-law all that Jehovah
hath
done to Pharaoh ,
and to
the Egyptians ,
on
account
of
Israel
, all the travail
which
hath
found
them
in
the way, and Jehovah
doth
deliver
them.
Then
Moses recounted
to his father-in-law all that the
LORD
had
done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for
Israel’s
sake
, all the hardships
they
had
encountered
along
the way, and how
the
LORD
had
delivered
them.
And Jethro rejoiceth
for
all the good which
Jehovah
hath
done to
Israel, whom He hath
delivered
from the hand of the Egyptians ;
And Jethro rejoiced
over
all the good things
the
LORD
had
done for
Israel, whom He had
rescued
from the hand of the Egyptians .
and
Jethro saith
, `
Blessed `is'
Jehovah
, who hath
delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians ,
and from
the
hand
of Pharaoh --
who hath
delivered this
people from under
the hand of the Egyptians ;
Jethro declared
, “
Blessed be
the
LORD
, who has
delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh ,
and
who has
delivered the
people from the hand of the Egyptians .
now I have
known
that Jehovah
`
is '
greater than all the
gods, for in
the
thing
they
have
acted
proudly
--
`
He is'
above
them!'
Now I know
that the
LORD
is greater than all other
gods, for He did
this
when
they
treated
Israel
with
arrogance.”
And
Jethro,
father-in-law of
Moses,
taketh
a burnt -
offering and sacrifices for
God ;
and
Aaron
cometh
in
, and all the elders of Israel ,
to eat bread with the
father-in-law of Moses,
before
God.
Then
Moses’
father-in-law Jethro
brought
a burnt offering and sacrifices to
God, and Aaron
came
with
all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’
father-in-law in
the
presence
of God.
And
it
cometh
to
pass
on
the morrow,
that
Moses sitteth
to judge the people, and the
people
stand
before
Moses,
from the
morning unto
the
evening ;
The next
day
Moses took
his
seat
to judge the people, and they
stood
around
him
from morning until
evening .
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? '
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? ”
And
Moses
saith
to
his
father-in-law,
`
Because the people come unto
me to seek
God ;
“
Because the people come to
me to inquire
of
God ,”
Moses
replied.
when
they have a matter
, it hath
come
unto
me ,
and
I
have
judged
between a
man and his
neighbour
, and made
known the statutes of
God,
and His
laws. '
“Whenever
they have a dispute
, it is
brought
to
me to
judge
between one
man and another
, and I
make
known to
them
the statutes and laws of
God
. ”
And
the
father-in-law of
Moses
saith
unto
him, `The
thing
which
thou
art
doing `
is '
not good ;
But
Moses’
father-in-law said
to
him, “What
you
are
doing is not good .
thou
dost
surely wear
away,
both
thou,
and this
people which
`is'
with thee
, for
the thing
is too heavy for thee,
thou
art
not
able
to
do
it by
thyself
.
Surely you
and these
people with you
will
wear
yourselves
out
, because
the task
is too heavy for you.
You
cannot
handle
it alone
.
`
Now ,
hearken
to my
voice,
I counsel
thee
, and God is
with thee:
be thou
for
the people
over-against
God ,
and thou
hast
brought
in
the
things
unto
God;
Now listen
to me;
I will
give
you
some
advice
, and may
God be
with you.
You
must
be the people’s
representative
before
God and bring
their
causes
to
Him.
and
thou
hast
warned
them `concerning'
the statutes and the
laws, and hast
made
known
to
them the way in
which
they
go,
and the work which
they do.
Teach
them the statutes and laws, and show
them the way to
live
and the work they must
do.
`And
thou
--
thou
dost
provide
out
of
all
the people men
of
ability,
fearing
God, men of
truth,
hating
dishonest gain ,
and
hast
placed
`these'
over
them ,
heads
of thousands, heads
of hundreds, heads
of fifties, and heads
of tens ,
Furthermore,
select
capable
men
from
among
the people —
God -fearing
, trustworthy
men who
are
averse
to
dishonest gain .
Appoint
them over
the
people
as
leaders
of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens .
and
they
have judged
the people at all times ;
and
it
hath
come
to
pass,
every
great
matter
they bring in
unto
thee
, and
every
small
matter
they judge themselves;
and
lighten
it
from
off
thyself
, and
they have
borne
with thee
.
Have these
men
judge
the people at all times .
Then
they can
bring you
any
major
issue
, but
all
minor
cases
they can
judge on
their
own
, so
that
your
load
may
be
lightened
as
they share
it
with you
.
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. '
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. ”
And
Moses hearkeneth
to the
voice
of
his father-in-law ,
and doth
all
that
he said ,
Moses listened
to his father-in-law and did
everything
he said .
and
Moses chooseth
men of
ability
out
of
all Israel ,
and maketh
them chiefs
over the people ,
heads
of thousands, heads
of hundreds, heads
of fifties, and heads
of tens ,
So
Moses chose
capable
men from
all Israel and made
them heads
over the people as
leaders
of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens .
and they have
judged the people at all times; the
hard
matter
they bring in
unto
Moses, and
every
small
matter
they judge themselves.
And they judged the people at all times; they would
bring the
difficult
cases
to
Moses, but
any
minor
issue
they would
judge themselves.
And
Moses sendeth
his father-in-law away
, and he
goeth
away
unto
his own land.
Then
Moses sent
his father-in-law on
his
way
, and Jethro
returned
to
his own land.
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