Exodus 18:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁷ And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest 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 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.