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


In Context

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.

18 You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.

Exodus 18:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:16When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make [them] know the statutes of God, and his laws.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:16And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:16when they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known to them the statutes of God, and his laws.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:16when they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between a man and his neighbour, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between one and another, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16when 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:16When they have a matter, they come to me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.