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

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ You will surely wear out both yourself and this people with you, for the thing is too heavy for you; you are not able to perform it all by yourself.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ You will end up totally wearing yourself out, both you and these people who are with you. The work is too difficult for you. You can’t do it alone.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ You will be consumed by foolish efforts, both you and this people who are with you. The task is beyond your strength; you will not be able bear it alone.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Thou are spent with foolish labour, both thou and this people that is with thee: the business is above thy strength. Thou alone canst not bear it.

Exodus 18:18 Cross References

Exodus 18:17

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

2 Corinthians 12:15

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you the more, am I to be loved the less?

Philippians 2:30

for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete your service to me.