Exodus 18:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he said.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע מֹשֶׁ֖ה לְק֣וֹל חֹתְנ֑וֹ וַיַּ֕עַשׂ כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָמָֽר׃

Transliteration

wə-yišmaʿ mōšeh to-qôl ḥōtenô wə-yaʿaś all which ʾāmār

Grammar Details

• *wə*-*yišmaʿ*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he listened
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *qôl*: noun, masculine singular construct - voice of
• *ḥōtenô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father-in-law
• *wə*-*yaʿaś*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he did
• *ʾāmār*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he had said

Word Meanings

• *yišmaʿ* to-*qôl*: listened to the voice/heeded the advice/obeyed

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Moses listened to his father-in-law’s advice and did everything he said.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Moses herde the voyce of his father in lawe, and dyd all that he had sayde,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Moses herkened vnto the voyce of his father in lawe, and dyd all that he sayde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So Moses obeyed the voyce of his father in law, and did all that he had sayd:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And so Moyses obeyed the voyce of his father in lawe, and dyd all that he had sayde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Moses hearkeneth to the voice of his father-in-law, and doth all that he said,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So Moses took note of the words of his father-in-law, and did as he had said.

• World English Bible (2000)

  So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he had said.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 18:2-5 : 2 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, 3 And her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom, for he said, I have been a stranger in a foreign land. 4 And the name of the other was Eliezer, for the God of my father, he said, was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh. 5 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness, where he was encamped at the mount of God.
• Exod 18:19 : 19 Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God will be with you. Be for the people a representative to God, that you may bring the causes to God.
• Ezra 10:2 : 2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have sinned against our God and have taken foreign wives from the peoples of the land, yet now there is hope for Israel in this matter.
• Ezra 10:5 : 5 Then Ezra arose and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.
• Prov 1:5 : 5 A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;
• 1 Cor 12:21 : 21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you; nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.