Exodus 18:14 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

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 about thee from morning unto even?

ASV Byzantine Text

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 about thee from morning unto even?

Asang Khongca Bible

Mosi mah kaminawk nuiah sak ih hmuen to amsae mah hnuk naah, kawbang maw kaminawk nuiah hae tiah hmuen hae na sak? Tikhoe kaminawk loe akhawnbang hoi duembang khoek to na taengah anghnut o moe, nangmah bueng lok na caek loe? tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Pilnam ham a saii boeih te Moses masae loh a hmuh tih, “Pilnam ham na saii hno he mebang lae?Nang namah bueng na ngol vaengah pilnam pum he balae tih na taengah mincang lamloh kholaeh hil a pai,” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Pilnam ham a saii boeih te Moses masae loh a hmuh tih, “Pilnam ham na saii hno he mebang lae?Nang namah bueng na ngol vaengah pilnam pum he balae tih na taengah mincang lamloh kholaeh hil a pai,” a ti nah.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

A ike ka makuahonowaikane o Mose i na mea a pau ana i hana'i i kanaka; alaila, olelo ae la ia, Heaha keia mea au e hana nei i kanaka? No ke aha la e noho oe, o oe wale no, a ku mai la na kanaka a pau imua ou, mai ke kakahiaka mai a ahiahi?

English Berean Standard Bible

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?”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Lè Jetwo, bòpè Moyiz la, wè kalite travay di sa a Moyiz t'ap fè pou kò l' pou pèp la, li di l' konsa: -Kisa w'ap fè konsa ak pèp la? Poukisa pou pèp la kanpe devan ou depi maten jouk aswè, epi se ou menm ki chita la pou kont ou ap rann jijman?

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Quod cum vidisset cognatus ejus, omnia scilicet quæ agebat in populo, ait: Quid est hoc quod facis in plebe? cur solus sedes, et omnis populus præstolatur de mane usque ad vesperam?

Bible in Basic English

And when Moses' father-in-law saw all he was doing, he said, What is this you are doing for the people? why are you seated here by yourself, with all the people waiting before you from morning till evening?

French: Bible J.N. Darby

et le beau-père de Moïse vit tout ce qu’il faisait avec le peuple, et il dit : Que fais-tu là avec le peuple ? Pourquoi es-tu assis seul, et tout le peuple se tient auprès de toi depuis le matin jusqu’au soir ?

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Vida pak test Mojžíšův všecku práci jeho při lidu, řekl: Co jest to, což děláš s lidem? Proč ty sám sedíš, a všecken lid stojí před tebou od jitra až do večera?

Kosraean Bible

Ke Jethro el liye ma nukewa Moses el oru nu sin mwet uh, el siyuk, “Meawin kom oru nu sin mwet uh inge? Efu ku kom mukena oru ma inge, ke mwet uh tu inge lotutang nwe ke fongeni soano pacl lalos yurum?”

World Portuguese Bible

Quando o sogro de Moisés viu tudo o que ele fazia pelo povo, disse: “Que é isso que você faz pelo povo? Por que você se assenta sozinho, e todo o povo fica em pé ao seu redor desde a manhã até a tarde?”

Romanian BTF Bible

Și când socrul lui Moise a văzut tot ce făcea el poporului, a spus: Ce este acest lucru pe care tu îl faci poporului? De ce șezi tu singur și tot poporul stă în picioare lângă tine de dimineața până seara?

Brenton English Septuagint

And Jothor having seen all that Moses did to the people, says, What is this that thou doest to the people? wherefore sittest thou alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning till evening?

Burmese Common Language Bible

လူတို့အတွက်မောရှေဆောင်ရွက်ရသမျှကို ယေသရောမြင်ရသောအခါမောရှေအား``သင် သည်ဤလူတို့အတွက်မည်သည့်အမှုကိစ္စကို ဆောင်ရွက်ပေးနေပါသနည်း။ အဘယ်ကြောင့် တစ်ယောက်တည်းဆောင်ရွက်နေပါသနည်း။ လူ အပေါင်းတို့သည်သင့်ထံ၌တစ်နေကုန်ရပ် လျက်စောင့်နေကြပါသည်တကား'' ဟုဆို လေ၏။

Darby Translation

And Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did with the people, and said, What is this thing which thou art doing with the people? why dost thou sit alone, and all the people are standing by thee from morning to evening?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und der Schwiegervater Moses sah alles, was er mit dem Volke tat, und er sprach: Was ist das, das du mit dem Volke tust? Warum sitzest du allein, und alles Volk steht bei dir vom Morgen bis zum Abend?

Dutch Bible 1917

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?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Toen de schoonvader van Moses zag, wat hij zo al voor het volk had te doen, zei hij: Wat hebt ge toch veel werk met dit volk! Waarom zit ge hier alleen, terwijl al het volk van de morgen tot de avond voor u staat?

Italian Diodati Bible

il suocero di Mosè vide tutto quel che egli faceva al popolo, e disse: Che cosa è questo che tu fai inverso questo popolo? perchè siedi tu solo, e tutto il popolo ti sta in piè davanti, dalla mattina fino alla sera?

Douay-Rheims 1899

And when his kinsman had seen all things that he did among the people, he said: What is it that thou dost among the people? Why sittest thou alone, and all the people wait from morning till night.

Geneva Bible 1599

And when Moses father in law saw all that he did to the people, he sayde, What is this that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thy selfe alone, and all the people stande about thee from morning vnto euen?

Danish Bible 1931

Men da Moses' Svigerfader så alt det Arbejde, han havde med Folket, sagde han: “Hvad er dog det for et Arbejde, du har med Folket? Hvorfor sidder du alene til Doms, medens alt Folket står omkring dig fra Morgen til Aften?”

Leeser Tanakh

And the father-in-law of Moses saw all that he did to the people; and he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people standeth around thee from morning until evening?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 about thee from morning unto even?'

King James Version

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?

King James Version + Apocrypha

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?

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Oâng gia thấy mọi điều người làm cho dân sự, bèn hỏi rằng: Con làm chi cùng dân sự đó? Sao con chỉ ngồi một mình, còn cả dân sự đứng chực trước mặt từ sớm mai cho đến chiều như vậy?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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?

Revised West Version

Pea kuo mamata ʻae tamai ʻi he fono ʻa Mōsese ki he meʻa kotoa pē naʻa ne fai ki he kakai, naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Ko e hā ʻae meʻa ni ʻoku ke fai ki he kakai ni? Ko e hā ʻoku ke nofo tokotaha ai pe, pea tuʻu ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻo ofi kiate koe mei he pongipongi ki he efiafi?”

French Ostervald Bible

Et le beau-père de Moïse, voyant tout ce qu'il faisait pour le peuple, lui dit: Qu'est-ce que tu fais à l'égard de ce peuple? Pourquoi sièges-tu seul, et tout le peuple se tient-il devant toi, depuis le matin jusqu'au soir?

Esperanto Bible

Kaj la bopatro de Moseo vidis ĉion, kion li faras por la popolo, kaj diris: Kio estas tio, kion vi faras al la popolo? kial vi sola sidas kaj la tuta popolo staras antaŭ vi de mateno ĝis vespero?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Le beau-père de Moïse vit tout ce qu’il faisait pour le peuple, et il dit: Que fais-tu là avec ce peuple? Pourquoi sièges-tu seul, et tout le peuple se tient-il devant toi, depuis le matin jusqu’au soir?

German Luther Bible 1912

Da aber sein Schwiegervater sah alles, was er dem Volke tat, sprach er: Was ist's, das du tust mit dem Volk? Warum sitzt du allein, und alles Volk steht um dich her von Morgen an bis zu Abend?

LXX2012 U. S. English

And Jothor having seen all that Moses did to the people, says, What is this that you do to the people? therefore sit you alone, and all the people stand by you from morning till evening?

British English Septuagint 2012

And Jothor having seen all that Moses did to the people, says, What is this that you do to the people? therefore sit you alone, and all the people stand by you from morning till evening?

Majority Standard BIble

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?”

Webster Bible

And when Moses's 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 to evening?

Revised Version

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 about thee from morning unto even?

Italian Riveduta Bible

E quando il suocero di Mosè vide tutto quello ch’egli faceva per il popolo, disse: “Che è questo che tu fai col popolo? Perché siedi solo, e tutto il popolo ti sta attorno dal mattino fino alla sera?”

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Le beau-père de Moïse, voyant tout ce qu'il faisait pour le peuple, dit : « Qu'est-ce que tu fais là avec ce peuple ? Pourquoi sièges-tu seul, alors que tout le peuple se tient autour de toi du matin jusqu'au soir ? »

Reina Valera 1909

Y viendo el suegro de Moisés todo lo que él hacía con el pueblo, dijo: ¿Qué es esto que haces tú con el pueblo? ¿por qué te sientas tú solo, y todo el pueblo está delante de ti desde la mañana hasta la tarde?

Spanish BLL

Cuando su suegro vio todo el trabajo que Moisés tenía con la gente, le preguntó: “¿Qué es lo que estás haciendo con el pueblo? ¿Por qué te sientas tú solo a atenderlos, mientras todos se quedan de pie esperando desde la mañana hasta la noche?”

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Cuando el suegro de Moisés vio todo lo que él hacía por el pueblo, le dijo: «¿Qué es esto que haces por el pueblo? ¿Por qué te sientas tú solo, y todo el pueblo se queda de pie a tu alrededor desde la mañana hasta la tarde?»

Croatian Bible

Vidjevši Mojsijev tast sav trud što ga on za narod čini, rekne mu: “Što to imaš toliko s narodom? I zašto ti sam sjediš, a sav narod stoji oko tebe od jutra do mraka?”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

A tast Mojsijev gledajući sve šta radi s narodom, reče: Šta to radiš s narodom? Zašto sediš sam, a sav narod stoji pred tobom od jutra do večera.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

And the father-in-law of Mosheh observed all that he did to the people. And he said, What thing is this that thou art doing to the people? Why dost thou sit alone, with all the people standing about thee from morn till evening?

German Textbibel

Als nun der Schwiegervater Moses sah, wie er für die Leute zu thun hatte, sagte er: Was machst du dir mit den Leuten zu thun? Warum sitzest du allein zu Gericht, während alle Leute dich überlaufen vom Morgen bis zum Abend?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And Jethro having seen all that Moses did to the people, says, What is this that thou doest to the people? wherefore sittest thou alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning till evening?

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיַּרְא֙ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־ה֥וּא עֹשֶׂ֖ה לָעָ֑ם וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מָֽה־הַדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַתָּ֤ה עֹשֶׂה֙ לָעָ֔ם מַדּ֗וּעַ אַתָּ֤ה יוֹשֵׁב֙ לְבַדֶּ֔ךָ וְכָל־הָעָ֛ם נִצָּ֥ב עָלֶ֖יךָ מִן־בֹּ֥קֶר עַד־עָֽרֶב׃