Parallel Verses
Amplified
When they have a dispute they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor and I make known the statutes of God and His laws.”
New American Standard Bible
When they have a
King James Version
When 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.
Holman Bible
Whenever they have a dispute, it comes to me, and I make a decision between one man and another. I teach them God’s statutes and laws.”
International Standard Version
When they have a dispute, it comes to me and I decide between a person and his neighbor, and make known the statutes of God and his instructions."
A Conservative Version
When 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.
American Standard Version
when 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.
Bible in Basic English
And if they have any question between themselves, they come to me, and I am judge between a man and his neighbour, and I give them the orders and laws of God.
Darby Translation
When 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.
Julia Smith Translation
For when the word will be to them, they came to me, and I judged between a man and between his friend, and I made known the laws Of God and his precepts.
King James 2000
When 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When {they have an issue}, it comes to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make known God's rule and his instructions."
Modern King James verseion
When they have a matter, they come to me. And I judge between one and another, and I make known the statutes of God and His Laws.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For when they have a matter, they come unto me, and I must judge between every man and his neighbor, and must show them the ordinances of God and his laws."
NET Bible
When they have a dispute, it comes to me and I decide between a man and his neighbor, and I make known the decrees of God and his laws."
New Heart English Bible
When 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 Emphasized Bible
When they have a matter, they come in unto me, then do I judge between a man and his neighbour, - and make known the statutes of God and his laws.
Webster
When 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.
World English Bible
When 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."
Youngs Literal Translation
when 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.'
Themes
Courts » Other courts » Superior, held by moses
Courts of justice » Superior court » Held first by moses alone in the wilderness
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » Judges appointed
Government » Mosaic » Administrative and judicial system
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 18:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jethro's Visit
15 Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to ask [about the will] of God. 16 When they have a dispute they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor and I make known the statutes of God and His laws.” 17 Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you are doing is not good.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 24:14
And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Remember that Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a legal matter, let him go to them.”
Deuteronomy 4:5
“Look, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the Lord my God has commanded me, so that you may do them in the land which you are entering to possess.
Deuteronomy 5:1
Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them:
“Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments (legal decisions) which I am speaking today in your hearing, so that you may learn them and observe them carefully.
2 Samuel 15:3
Then Absalom would say to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no man appointed as the king’s agent to listen to you.”
1 Corinthians 6:1
Does any one of you, when he has a
Exodus 2:13
He went out the next day and saw two Hebrew men fighting with each other; and he said to the aggressor, “Why are you striking your friend?”
Exodus 23:7
Keep far away from a false charge or action, and do not condemn to death the innocent or the righteous, for I will not justify and acquit the guilty.
Leviticus 24:15
You shall speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘Whoever curses his God will bear his sin [through his own death].
Numbers 15:35
Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man shall certainly be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”
Numbers 27:6-11
Then the Lord said to Moses,
Numbers 36:6-9
This is what the Lord commands regarding the daughters of Zelophehad: ‘Let them marry whom they wish; only they must marry within the family of the tribe of their father.’
Deuteronomy 6:1
“Now this is the command; the statutes and the judgments (precepts) which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you might do (follow, obey) them in the land which you are crossing over [the Jordan] to possess,
Deuteronomy 17:8-12
“If any case is too difficult for you to judge—between one kind of homicide and another, between one kind of lawsuit and another, between one kind of assault and another,
1 Samuel 12:23
Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.
Job 31:13
“If I have despised and rejected the claim of my male or female servants
When they filed a complaint against me,
Matthew 28:20
Acts 18:14-15
But when Paul was about to reply, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some misdemeanor or serious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to put up with you;
1 Thessalonians 4:1-2
Finally, believers, we ask and admonish you in the Lord Jesus, that you follow the instruction that you received from us about how you ought to walk and please God (just as you are actually doing) and that you excel even more and more [pursuing a life of purpose and living in a way that expresses gratitude to God for your salvation].