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Exodus 18:8

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Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Moses told his father-in-law all that Jehovah had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how Jehovah delivered them.

KJV

And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them.

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This verse in Exodus 18

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Moses went out to meet his father in law

on Exodus 18:7-8

Moses bows and kisses a Midianite shepherd in front of the camp he leads, which is the courtesy of a son in law rather than the bearing of a national head. Matthew Henry takes the scene as a rule about relatives, that a man whom God has advanced still owes what he owed before. What Moses then hands over is a report that includes the hard road as well as the victory, all the travail that had come upon them by the way.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

This was one thing Jethro came for, to know more fully and particularly what he had heard the general report of. Note, Conversation concerning God's wondrous works is profitable conversation; it is good, and to the use of edifying, Ps. cv.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיְסַפֵּ֤רand he recounted

    vaysaperH5608 →159 times

  • מֹשֶׁה֙Moses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • לְחֹ֣תְנ֔וֹto father-in-law his

    lechotenoH2859 →33 times

  • אֵת֩<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רthat

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂ֤הhe had done

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • לְפַרְעֹ֣הto Pharaoh

    lefarohH6547 →274 times

  • וּלְמִצְרַ֔יִםand to Egypt

    ulemitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • עַ֖לon

    ʾalH5921 →5755 times

  • אוֹדֹ֣ת[the] causes of

    ʾodotH182 →

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • אֵ֤ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַתְּלָאָה֙the hardship

    hatelaahH8513 →

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • מְצָאָ֣תַםit had come upon them

    metzaatamH4672 →455 times

  • בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְon the journey

    baderekhH1870 →707 times

  • וַיַּצִּלֵ֖םand he had delivered them

    vaiyatzilemH5337 →212 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Numbers 20:14From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,3 worksNehemiah 9:9–15You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.3 worksPsalms 78:42–43They did not remember His power— the day He redeemed them from the adversary,3 worksPsalms 106:10He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.3 worksPsalms 107:2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy3 worksNehemiah 9:32So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Psalms 145:4–12One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—3 worksPsalms 81:7You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah3 worksGenesis 44:34For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”2 worksExodus 15:6Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.2 worksExodus 16:3“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”2 worksPsalms 71:17–20O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.2 worksExodus 15:16and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.2 worksExodus 15:22–24Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.2 worksPsalms 66:16Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.2 worksPsalms 105:1–2Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.2 worksExodus 18:1Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.2 worksDeuteronomy 4:30When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 107:2

    Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy

    it leads to

    • 1 Peter 1:18–19

      For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

    • Luke 1:74

      deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,

    • Galatians 3:13

      Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

    • Psalms 106:10

      He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

    • Psalms 31:5

      Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.

  • Through

    Psalms 106:10

    He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 14:30

      That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.

    • Psalms 107:2

      Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy

  • Through

    Numbers 20:14

    From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,

    it leads to

    • Judges 11:16–17

      But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.

About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 18 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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