King James Version
Exodus 18:13 in the King James Version says “And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning un...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.”
Exodus 18:13 · KJV
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the 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 by thee from morning unto even?
And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“sat”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“to judge”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“stood”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“and the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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