Exodus 18:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ Moses’s father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that you are doing is not good.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And Moses’ father-in-law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing isn’t good.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ But he said, "This is not good, what you are doing.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ But he said: The thing thou dost is not good.

Exodus 18:17 Cross References

Genesis 20:7

Now then, return 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 one person and another, and I make known to them the statutes and instructions of God.”

Exodus 18:18

You will surely wear yourself out, both you and these people with you, for the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone.

Proverbs 27:9

Perfume and incense make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.

Acts 6:2

And the twelve called together the whole community of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.