Jethro Advises Moses
Exodus 18:24
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.
- KJV
- So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
- WEB
- So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
- ASV
- So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
- LSV
- And Moses listens to the voice of his father-in-law, and does all that he said,
- YLT
- And Moses hearkeneth to the voice of his father-in-law, and doth all that he said,
- DBY
- And Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
- DRC
- And when Moses heard this, he did all things that he had suggested unto him.
- GNV
- So Moses obeyed the voyce of his father in law, and did all that he had sayd:
- JPS
- So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
- LXXE
- And Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did whatsoever he said to him.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע מֹשֶׁ֖ה לְק֣וֹל חֹתְנ֑וֹ וַיַּ֕עַשׂ כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָמָֽר׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἤκουσε δὲ Μωυσῆς τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ γαμβροῦ, καὶ ἐποίησεν ὅσα εἶπεν αὐτῷ.
Who and where
👤 Moses◆ Wilderness Wanderings
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
JethroMosesAppealDecisionKenites, TheCourts, JudicialJudging JudgmentBlindness, JudicialHeathenJudge
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 1:5let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
- Exodus 18:2–5After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her, along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.” The other son…
- Exodus 18:19Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.
- Ezra 10:5So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.
- Ezra 10:2Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
- 1 Corinthians 12:21The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”
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