13The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening.


In Context

10 He said, "Praise be to the Lord , who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians.

11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly."

12 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and other 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.

13 The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening.

14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, "What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?"

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

Exodus 18:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:13And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:13And the next day Moses sat, to judge the people, who stood by Moses from morning until night.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:13And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood about Moses from the morning unto the evening.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:13And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood by Moses from the morning to the evening.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:13And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood about Moses from the morning unto the evening.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:13And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning to the evening.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:13It happened on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:13And 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:13And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning to the evening.