Exodus 18:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Moses' father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that you are doing is not good.

American Standard Version (1901)

And Moses’ father-in-law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

Common English Bible

Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing isn’t good.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But he said, "This is not good, what you are doing.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But he said: The thing thou dost is not good.

Exodus 18:17 Cross References

Genesis 20:7

Now then restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you, and all that are yours.”

Exodus 18:16

when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God and his decisions.”

Exodus 18:18

You and the people with you will wear yourselves out, for the thing is too heavy for you; you are not able to perform it alone.

Proverbs 27:9

Oil and perfume make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.

Acts 6:2

And the twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.