When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon (fame due to the name of the Lord), she came to test him with riddles.
Exodus 18:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 And they judged the people at all times; hard cases they brought to Moses, but any minor case they decided themselves. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they judged the people at all times; the hard cases they brought to Moses, but every small matter they decided themselves. American Standard Version (1901) And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. Common English Bible They acted as judges for the people at all times. They would refer the hard cases to Moses, but all of the minor cases they decided themselves. Catholic Public Domain Version And they judged the people at all times. But whatever was more serious, they referred to him, and they judged easier matters only. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they judged the people at all times: and whatsoever was of greater difficulty they referred to him: and they judged the easier cases only. |
When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon (fame due to the name of the Lord), she came to test him with riddles.
I was a father to the needy, and I championed the cause of the stranger.
Let them sit as judges for the people at all times; let them bring every important case to you but decide every minor case themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.
The Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the Name in a curse. And they brought him to Moses—now his mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan—
You must not be partial in judging: hear out the small and the great alike; you shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God’s. Any case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.’
“If a judicial decision is too difficult for you to make between one kind of bloodshed and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another—any such matters of dispute in your towns—then you shall immediately go up to the place that the Lord your God will choose,