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Exodus 18:16

NETBible	When they have a dispute,¹ it comes to me and I decide² between a man and his neighbor, and I make known the decrees of God and his laws.”³
NIV © biblegateway Exo 18:16	Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and laws."
NASB © biblegateway Exo 18:16	"When they have a dispute, it comes to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor and make known the statutes of God and His laws."
NLT © biblegateway Exo 18:16	When an argument arises, I am the one who settles the case. I inform the people of God’s decisions and teach them his laws and instructions."
MSG © biblegateway Exo 18:16	When something comes up, they come to me. I judge between a man and his neighbor and teach them God's laws and instructions."
BBE © SABDAweb Exo 18:16	And if they have any question between themselves, they come to me, and I am judge between a man and his neighbour, and I give them the orders and laws of God.
NRSV © bibleoremus Exo 18:16	When they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between one person and another, and I make known to them the statutes and instructions of God."
NKJV © biblegateway Exo 18:16	"When they have a difficulty, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known the statutes of God and His laws."
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KJV	When they have a matter <01697>_, they come <0935> (8802) unto me; and I judge <08199> (8804) between one <0376> and another <07453>_, and I do make [them] know <03045> (8689) the statutes <02706> of God <0430>_, and his laws <08451>_. {one...: Heb. a man and his fellow}
NASB © biblegateway Exo 18:16	"When <03588> they have <01961> a dispute <01697> , it comes <0935> to me, and I judge <08199> between <0996> a man <0376> and his neighbor <07453> and make <03045> known <03045> the statutes <02706> of God <0430> and His laws <08451> ."
LXXM	otan <3752> ADV gar <1063> PRT genhtai <1096> V-AMS-3S autoiv <846> D-DPM antilogia <485> N-NSF kai <2532> CONJ elywsi <2064> V-AAS-3P prov <4314> PREP me <1473> P-AS diakrinw <1252> V-PAI-1S ekaston <1538> A-ASM kai <2532> CONJ sumbibazw <4822> V-PAI-1S autouv <846> D-APM ta <3588> T-APN prostagmata {N-APN} tou <3588> T-GSM yeou <2316> N-GSM kai <2532> CONJ ton <3588> T-ASM nomon <3551> N-ASM autou <846> D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	When <01961> they have a dispute <01697> , it comes <0935> to <0413> me and I decide <08199> between <0996> a man <0376> and <0996> his neighbor <07453> , and I make known <03045> the decrees <02706> of God <0430> and his laws <08451> .”
HEBREW	wytrwt <08451> taw <0853> Myhlah <0430> yqx <02706> ta <0853> ytedwhw <03045> wher <07453> Nybw <0996> sya <0376> Nyb <0996> ytjpsw <08199> yla <0413> ab <0935> rbd <01697> Mhl <0> hyhy <01961> yk (18:16) <03588>

NETBible

When they have a dispute,¹ it comes to me and I decide² between a man and his neighbor, and I make known the decrees of God and his laws.”³

NET Notes

¹tn Or “thing,” “matter,” “issue.”

²tn The verb שָׁפַט (shafat) means “to judge”; more specifically, it means to make a decision as an arbiter or umpire. When people brought issues to him, Moses decided between them. In the section of laws in Exodus after the Ten Commandments come the decisions, the מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishppatim).

³tn The “decrees” or “statutes” were definite rules, stereotyped and permanent; the “laws” were directives or pronouncements given when situations arose. S. R. Driver suggests this is another reason why this event might have taken place after Yahweh had given laws on the mountain (Exodus, 165).