Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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? no reference Context Jethro Advises Moses13And the next day Moses sat to judge the people, who stood by Moses from morning until night. 14And 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?15And Moses answered him: The people come to me to seek the judgment of God?… Cross References Exodus 18:13 And the next day Moses sat to judge the people, who stood by Moses from morning until night. Exodus 18:15 And Moses answered him: The people come to me to seek the judgment of God? Lexicon When [his]מֹשֶׁ֔ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver father-in-law חֹתֵ֣ן (ḥō·ṯên) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 2859: To give, away in marriage, to contract affinity by marriage saw וַיַּרְא֙ (way·yar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every that אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that [Moses] ה֥וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are was doing עֹשֶׂ֖ה (‘ō·śeh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make for the people, לָעָ֑ם (lā·‘ām) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock he asked, וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “What מָֽה־ (māh-) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what is this הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that that אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you are אַתָּ֤ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you doing עֹשֶׂה֙ (‘ō·śeh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make for the people? לָעָ֔ם (lā·‘ām) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Why מַדּ֗וּעַ (mad·dū·a‘) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4069: Why? for what reason? do you אַתָּ֤ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you sit יוֹשֵׁב֙ (yō·wō·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry alone [as judge], לְבַדֶּ֔ךָ (lə·ḇad·de·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 910: Isolation, separation with all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every the people הָעָ֛ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock standing נִצָּ֥ב (niṣ·ṣāḇ) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5324: To take one's stand, stand around עָלֶ֖יךָ (‘ā·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against you from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of morning בֹּ֥קֶר (bō·qer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1242: Dawn, morning till עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while evening?� עָֽרֶב׃ (‘ā·reḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6153: Evening Additional Translations 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?”And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that you do to the people? why sit you yourself alone, and all the people stand by you from morning to even? 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? 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? 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? 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? 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? When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, "What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?" and the father-in-law of Moses seeth all that he is doing to the people, and saith, 'What is this thing which thou art doing to the people? wherefore art thou sitting by thyself, and all the people standing by thee from morning till evening?' 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