Exodus 18:26

They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring ¹  to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.

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; the difficult dispute they would bring to Moses, but every minor dispute they themselves would judge.

These men were constantly available to administer justice. They brought the hard cases to Moses, but they judged the smaller matters themselves.

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.

And they were judges in the causes of the people at all times: the hard questions they put before Moses; but on every small point they gave decisions themselves.

And they judged the people at all times; hard cases they brought to Moses, but any minor case they decided themselves.

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

They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring ¹  to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.

¹ tn This verb and the verb in the next clause are imperfect tenses. In the past tense narrative of the verse they must be customary, describing continuous action in past time.