They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.

他们随时审判百姓，有难断的案件就呈到摩西那里，但各样小事他们自己审判。

他们随时审判百姓：难断的事就送到摩西那里，各样小事就由他们自行判决。

他们随时审判百姓：难断的事就送到摩西那里，各样小事就由他们自行判决。

他们负责随时审理百姓的事，遇到难断的案件就呈到摩西那里，自己则审理普通的事。

他们随时审判人民的案件；有困难的事件，他们就带到摩西那里；所有小事件，由他们自己审判。

他們隨時審判百姓，有難斷的案件就呈到摩西那裏，但各樣小事他們自己審判。

他們隨時審判百姓：難斷的事就送到摩西那裏，各樣小事就由他們自行判決。

他們隨時審判百姓：難斷的事就送到摩西那裏，各樣小事就由他們自行判決。

他們負責隨時審理百姓的事，遇到難斷的案件就呈到摩西那裡，自己則審理普通的事。

他們隨時審判人民的案件；有困難的事件，他們就帶到摩西那裡；所有小事件，由他們自己審判。

他們隨時審判人民；有困難的案件，就呈到摩西那裏；所有小案件、他們自己去判斷。

隨時鞫民、難事則以呈、細故則自鞫、

隨時鞫民、事鉅則往告、事細則自鞫。

彼即隨時鞫民、凡事之艱鉅者、陳於摩西前、事之小者、則自鞫之、

They served as judges for the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.

They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard cases to Moses. But they decided the easy ones themselves.

And they judged the people at all times. Any hard case they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves.

These men were always available to solve the people’s common disputes. They brought the major cases to Moses, but they took care of the smaller matters themselves.

They judged the people at all times; they would bring the hard cases to Moses, but they would judge every minor case themselves.

Then they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult matter to Moses, but they would judge every minor matter themselves.

So they judged the people at all times; the hard cases they brought to Moses, but they judged every small case themselves.

And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

They judged the people at all times; they would bring the hard cases to Moses, but they would judge every minor case themselves.

And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard cases to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

They will judge the people under normal circumstances, and every difficult case they will bring to you, but every small case they themselves will judge, so that you may make it easier for yourself, and they will bear the burden with you.

When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said,“ What is this that you are doing for the people? Why are you sitting by yourself, and all the people stand around you from morning until evening?”Moses said to his father-in-law,“ Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.One of the women said,“ My master, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was with me in the house.Then three days after I had my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one else in the house except the two of us.This woman’s child suffocated during the night when she rolled on top of him.She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your servant was sleeping. She put him in her arms, and put her dead son in my arms.I got up in the morning to nurse my son, and there he was, dead! But when I examined him carefully in the morning, I realized it was not my baby.”The other woman said,“ No! My son is alive; your son is dead!” But the first woman replied,“ No, your son is dead; my son is alive.” Each presented her case before the king.The king said,“ One says,‘ My son is alive; your son is dead,’ while the other says,‘ No, your son is dead; my son is alive.’”The king ordered,“ Get me a sword!” So they placed a sword before the king.The king then said,“ Cut the living child in two, and give half to one and half to the other!”The real mother spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. She said,“ My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” But the other woman said,“ Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”The king responded,“ Give the first woman the living child; don’t kill him. She is the mother.”When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected the king, for they realized that he possessed supernatural wisdom to make judicial decisions.

When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions.

If a matter is too difficult for you to judge– bloodshed, legal claim, or assault– matters of controversy in your villages– you must leave there and go up to the place the LORD your God chooses.

I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;