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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.

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👤 Moses◆ Wilderness Wanderings

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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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