When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the town square,
Exodus 18:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The next day Moses sat down to judge the people, and they stood around Moses from morning until evening. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 city gate and took my seat in the town square,
Then 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 a meal with Moses’s father-in-law in God’s presence.
When Moses’s father-in-law saw everything he was doing for them he asked, ‘What is this you’re doing for the people? Why are you alone sitting as judge, while all the people stand around you from morning until evening? ’
a throne will be established in love, and one will sit on it faithfully in the tent of David, judging and pursuing what is right, quick to execute justice.
Let the nations be roused and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the surrounding nations.
if exhorting, in exhortation; giving, with generosity; leading, with diligence; showing mercy, with cheerfulness.
And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God’s servants, continually attending to these tasks.
You who ride on white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and who travel on the road, give praise!