Exodus 18:1,27
Exodus 18:1-4 The Message (MSG)
Jethro, priest of Midian and father-in-law to Moses, heard the report of all that God had done for Moses and Israel his people, the news that GOD had delivered Israel from Egypt. Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken in Zipporah, Moses’ wife who had been sent back home, and her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom (Sojourner) for he had said, “I’m a sojourner in a foreign land”; the name of the other was Eliezer (God’s-Help) because “The God of my father is my help and saved me from death by Pharaoh.”
Exodus 18:24-27 The Message (MSG)
Moses listened to the counsel of his father-in-law and did everything he said. Moses picked competent men from all Israel and set them as leaders over the people who were organized by the thousand, by the hundred, by fifty, and by ten. They took over the everyday work of judging among the people. They brought the hard cases to Moses, but in the routine cases they were the judges. Then Moses said good-bye to his father-in-law who went home to his own country.
Exodus 18:1 King James Version (KJV)
When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt
Exodus 18:27 King James Version (KJV)
And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
Exodus 18:1 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
Exodus 18:27 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Then Moses bade his father-in-law farewell, and he went his way into his own land.
Exodus 18:1 New Century Version (NCV)
Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, was the priest of Midian. He heard about everything that God had done for Moses and his people, the Israelites, and how the LORD had led the Israelites out of Egypt.
Exodus 18:27 New Century Version (NCV)
So Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro went back to his own home.
Exodus 18:1 American Standard Version (ASV)
Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt.
Exodus 18:27 American Standard Version (ASV)
And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
Exodus 18:1 New International Version (NIV)
Now Jethro, the priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
Exodus 18:27 New International Version (NIV)
Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own country.
Exodus 18:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
And Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people—that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
Exodus 18:27 New King James Version (NKJV)
Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way to his own land.
Exodus 18:1 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Now Jethro (Reuel), the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
Exodus 18:27 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Then Moses said goodbye to his father-in-law, and Jethro went back to his own land (Midian).
Exodus 18:1 New Living Translation (NLT)
Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about everything God had done for Moses and his people, the Israelites. He heard especially about how the LORD had rescued them from Egypt.
Exodus 18:27 New Living Translation (NLT)
Soon after this, Moses said good-bye to his father-in-law, who returned to his own land.