When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square,
Exodus 18:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The next day Moses sat as judge for the people, while the people stood around him from morning until evening. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening. American Standard Version (1901) And 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. Common English Bible The next day Moses sat as a judge for the people, while the people stood around Moses from morning until evening. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, the next day, Moses sat down in order to judge the people, and they stood beside Moses from morning, even until evening. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the next day Moses sat, to judge the people, who stood by Moses from morning until night. |
When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square,
And Jethro, Moses’s father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’s father-in-law in the presence of God.
When Moses’s father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, while all the people stand around you from morning until evening?”
then a throne shall be established in steadfast love in the tent of David, and on it shall sit in faithfulness a ruler who seeks justice and is swift to do what is right.
Let the nations rouse themselves and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the neighboring nations.
the encourager, in encouragement; the giver, in sincerity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.
For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s agents, busy with this very thing.
Sing of it, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.