Exodus 18:15
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
“Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.
In context
13 The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening.
14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?”
15 “Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.
16 “Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”
17 But Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.
Exodus 18:15 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.
- KJV King James Version
- And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
- WEB World English Bible
- Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Moses saith to his father-in-law, 'Because the people come unto me to seek God;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to enquire of God.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God: