Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
Jethro priest of Midian, father -
in -
law of
Moses
, heareth
all that God hath
done for Moses, and for Israel his people, that Jehovah
hath
brought out
Israel from
Egypt ,
When
Jethro ,
the
priest of Midian, Moses'
father in law, heard
of
all that God had
done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and
that the
LORD
had
brought Israel out
of
Egypt ;
and
Jethro, father -
in -
law of
Moses
, taketh
Zipporah, wife
of
Moses, besides
her parents
,
Then
Jethro, Moses'
father in law, took
Zipporah, Moses '
wife
, after
he
had
sent
her back
,
and her two sons ,
of whom
the name of the one `is'
Gershom ,
for he said, `a
sojourner
I have been in a strange land: '
And her two sons ;
of which
the name of the one was
Gershom ;
for he said, I have been an
alien
in a strange land:
and the name of the other `is'
Eliezer ,
for ,
`
the God of my father `is'
for
my
help, and doth
deliver
me from the sword of Pharaoh .'
And the name of the other was
Eliezer ;
for the God of my father ,
said
he,
was
mine
help, and delivered
me from the sword of Pharaoh :
And Jethro, father -
in -
law of
Moses
, cometh,
and
his sons ,
and his wife ,
unto Moses ,
unto
the wilderness where he is
encamping
--
the mount of God ;
And Jethro, Moses'
father in law, came
with
his sons and his wife unto Moses into
the wilderness ,
where he encamped
at
the mount of God :
and he saith
unto Moses, `
I ,
thy father -
in -
law ,
Jethro ,
am coming
unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. '
And he said
unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come
unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
And Moses goeth
out to meet his father -
in -
law, and boweth
himself
, and kisseth
him ,
and they ask
one
at
another
of welfare ,
and come
into the tent ;
And Moses went
out to meet his father in law, and did
obeisance
, and kissed
him ;
and they asked
each
other
of their
welfare ;
and they
came
into the tent .
and Moses recounteth
to
his father -
in -
law all that Jehovah
hath
done to
Pharaoh ,
and to the Egyptians ,
on
account
of
Israel
, all the travail which
hath
found
them in
the way, and Jehovah
doth
deliver
them.
And Moses told
his father in law all that the
LORD
had
done unto
Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for
Israel's
sake
, and
all the travail that
had
come
upon
them by
the way, and how
the
LORD
delivered
them.
And Jethro rejoiceth
for all the good
which Jehovah
hath
done to Israel, whom He hath
delivered from
the hand of the Egyptians ;
And Jethro rejoiced
for all the goodness
which the
LORD
had
done to Israel, whom he had
delivered out
of
the hand of the Egyptians .
and Jethro saith
, `
Blessed `is'
Jehovah
, who hath delivered you from
the hand of the Egyptians, and from
the hand of Pharaoh --
who hath delivered this
people from under the hand of the Egyptians ;
And Jethro said
, Blessed be
the
LORD
, who hath delivered you out
of
the hand of the Egyptians, and out
of
the hand of Pharaoh ,
who hath delivered the
people from under the hand of the Egyptians .
now I have
known
that Jehovah
`
is '
greater than all the
gods ,
for in the thing they have
acted
proudly --
`
He is'
above them !'
Now I know
that the
LORD
is greater than all gods :
for in the thing wherein
they dealt
proudly he was
above them .
And Jethro, father -
in -
law of
Moses
, taketh
a burnt -
offering and sacrifices for God ;
and Aaron cometh
in
, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with the
father -
in -
law of
Moses,
before God.
And Jethro, Moses'
father in law, took
a burnt offering and sacrifices for God :
and Aaron came
, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses'
father in law before God.
And it cometh
to pass on the morrow, that Moses sitteth
to judge the people ,
and the people stand
before
Moses ,
from the morning unto the evening ;
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 .
and the
father -
in -
law of
Moses
seeth
all that he is
doing
to the people, and
saith
, `
What `
is '
this thing which
thou art
doing
to the people? wherefore
art
thou sitting
by
thyself, and all the people standing
by thee from morning till
evening
? '
And when
Moses'
father in law saw
all that he did
to the people, he
said
, What is this thing that
thou doest
to the people? why
sittest
thou thyself alone
, and all the people stand
by thee from morning unto
even
?
And Moses saith
to
his father -
in -
law, `
Because the people come unto me to seek
God ;
And Moses said
unto
his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire
of
God :
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. '
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.
And the
father -
in -
law of
Moses
saith
unto him, `
The thing which
thou art
doing
`
is '
not good ;
And Moses'
father in law said
unto him, The thing that
thou doest
is not good .
thou dost
surely wear away, both thou, and this people which
`
is '
with thee ,
for the
thing is too heavy for thee ,
thou art not able to do
it by
thyself.
Thou wilt
surely wear away, both thou, and this people that
is with thee :
for this
thing is too heavy for thee ;
thou art not able to perform
it thyself alone
.
`Now,
hearken to
my voice, I counsel
thee, and God is
with thee: be thou for the people over-against
God, and
thou hast
brought
in
the things
unto God ;
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 :
and thou hast
warned
them `concerning'
the
statutes
and the
laws, and hast
made
known
to
them the way in
which
they go
, and the work which
they do.
And thou shalt
teach
them ordinances
and laws, and shalt
show
them the way wherein
they must
walk
, and the work that
they must
do.
`And
thou
--
thou dost
provide out of all the people men of
ability
, fearing
God, men of truth, hating dishonest
gain,
and hast
placed
`these'
over them, heads
of thousands, heads
of hundreds, heads
of fifties, and heads
of tens ,
Moreover
thou shalt
provide out of all the people able
men, such
as
fear
God, men of truth, hating covetousness;
and place
such
over them, to
be
rulers
of thousands, and
rulers
of hundreds, rulers
of fifties, and rulers
of tens :
and they
have
judged
the people at all times;
and it hath
come
to
pass
, every great matter they bring in
unto thee, and
every small matter they judge themselves;
and
lighten
it from
off
thyself, and they have
borne
with thee.
And let
them
judge
the people at all seasons:
and it shall
be
, that
every great matter they shall
bring unto thee, but
every small matter they shall
judge :
so
shall
it be
easier
for
thyself, and they shall
bear
the
burden
with thee.
If thou dost
this thing, and God hath
commanded
thee, then thou hast
been
able to stand
, and all this people also goeth
in
unto
its
place in peace. '
If thou shalt
do
this thing, and God command
thee so
, then thou shalt
be
able to endure
, and all this people shall
also go
to
their
place in peace.
And
Moses hearkeneth
to the voice of his father -
in -
law, and doth
all that he said ,
So
Moses hearkened
to the voice of his father in law, and did
all that he had
said .
and Moses chooseth
men of
ability
out of all Israel, and maketh
them chiefs
over the people, heads
of thousands, heads
of hundreds, heads
of fifties, and heads
of tens ,
And Moses chose
able
men out of all Israel, and made
them heads
over the people, rulers
of thousands, rulers
of hundreds, rulers
of fifties, and rulers
of tens .
and they have
judged the people at all times;
the hard matter
they bring
in
unto Moses, and
every small matter they judge
themselves.
And they judged the people at all seasons:
the hard causes
they brought
unto Moses, but
every small matter they judged
themselves.
And Moses sendeth
his father -
in -
law away,
and he goeth
away
unto
his own land.
And Moses let
his father in law depart;
and he went
his way
into
his
own land.
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