Exodus 18:14

Staten Vertaling

Als de schoonvader van Mozes alles zag, wat hij het volk deed, zo zeide hij: Wat ding is dit, dat gij het volk doet? Waarom zit gij zelf alleen, en al het volk staat voor u, van den morgen tot den avond?

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Toen nu zijn schoonvader zag al wat hij voor het volk deed, sprak hij: Wat is het, dat gij voor het volk doet? Waarom zit gij alleen, en al het volk staat rondom u van den morgen tot den avond?

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Toen Mozes schoonvader zag alwat hij voor het volk deed, zeide hij: Wat betekent dit dat gij voor het volk doet? Waarom houdt gij zitting zonder iemands bijstand, terwijl het gehele volk van den morgen tot den avond om u heen staat?

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Reciprocal: Exodus 18:17 - not good Exodus 18:26 - at all Numbers 27:2 - General Judges 1:16 - Moses' 2 Samuel 15:2 - came

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when Moses's father in law saw all that he did to the people,.... Or for them q; for their information and instruction in the laws of God, and for the decision of cases brought before him, according to them; and what a deal of business was on his hands, and he went through for the good of the people:

he said, what is this thing that thou doest to the people? this question he put, not as being ignorant what he did, he saw what he did, and understood it full well, but this he said to lead on to some conversation upon this head:

why sittest thou thyself alone? no other judge upon the bench with him to assist him, to take it by turns, and to relieve and ease him:

and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? not being able to get their causes heard and tried, there being so many of them; and therefore some were obliged to wait all day long, before they could have their business done, which was both fatiguing to him and them.

q לעם "propter populum" Vatablus.