Exodus 18:19 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁹ Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee: be thou for the people to God-ward, and bring thou the causes unto God:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ Listen now to [me]; I will counsel you, and God will be with you. You shall represent the people before God, bringing their cases and causes to Him,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee: be thou for the people to God-ward, and bring thou the causes unto God:

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Now listen to me and let me give you some advice. And may God be with you! Your role should be to represent the people before God. You should bring their disputes before God yourself.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ But listen to my words and counsels, and then God will be with you. Be available to the people in that which pertains to God, so as to refer what they say to him,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ But hear my words and counsels, and God shall be with thee. Be thou to the people in those things that pertain to God, to bring their words to him:

Exodus 18:19 Cross References

Genesis 39:2

And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

2 Samuel 14:17

Then thine handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and the LORD thy God be with thee.

Exodus 18:15

And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:

Exodus 18:20

and thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

Exodus 18:24

So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

Exodus 20:19

And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

Exodus 3:12

And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be the token unto thee, that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

Exodus 4:12

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.

Exodus 4:16

And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.

Proverbs 9:9

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

Numbers 27:5

And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.

Deuteronomy 20:1

When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, thou shalt not be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 5:5

(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,

Joshua 1:9

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.