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


In Context

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.

16 Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God's decrees and laws."

17 Moses' father-in-law replied, "What you are doing 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:15And Moses answered him: The people come to me to seek the judgment of God.

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: