Exodus 18:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

More versions

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 therefore restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

Exodus 18:16

when they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between a man and his neighbour, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

Exodus 18:18

Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

Proverbs 27:9

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: So doth the sweetness of a man's friend that cometh of hearty counsel.

Acts 6:2

And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not fit that we should forsake the word of God, and serve tables.