15And Moses answered him: The people come to me to seek the judgment of God.


In Context

12 So Jethro the kinsman of Moses offered holocausts and sacrifices to God: and Aaron and all the ancients of Israel came, to eat bread with them before God.

13 And the next day Moses sat, to judge the people, who stood by Moses from morning until night.

14 And when his kinsman had seen all things that he did among the people, he said: What is it that thou dost among the people? Why sittest thou alone, and all the people wait from morning till night.

15 And Moses answered him: The people come to me to seek the judgment of God.

16 And when any controversy falleth out among them, they come to me to judge between them, and to shew the precepts of God, and his laws.

17 But he said: The thing thou dost is not good.

Exodus 18:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:15And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:15Moses answered him, "Because the people come to me to seek God's will.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:15And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:15And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to enquire of God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:15And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:15And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:15Moses said to his father-in-law, |Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:15And Moses saith to his father-in-law, 'Because the people come unto me to seek God;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:15And Moses said to his father in law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God: