Exodus 18:14-17 And when Jothor saw all that he did for the people, he said, What is this that thou dost for the people? Why hast thou sitten alone and all the people attended thee from morning till night?

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁴ And when Jothor saw all that he did for the people, he said, What is this that thou dost for the people? Why hast thou sitten alone and all the people attended thee from morning till night? ¹⁵ And Moses said to his father in law, Because the people come to me to have a determination from God. ¹⁶ For when a controversy happeneth among them and they come to me, I administer justice to every one, and teach them the statutes of God and his law. ¹⁷ Thereupon Moses' father in law said to him, Thou dost not transact this business right.