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Exodus 18:17
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New International Version
Moses' father-in-law replied, "What you are doing is not good.
New American Standard Bible
Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you are doing is not good.
King James Bible
And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest
is
not good.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
What you're doing is not good," Moses' father-in-law said to him. "
International Standard Version
Moses' father-in-law told him, "What you are doing is not good.
American Standard Version
And Moses father-in-law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But he said: The thing thou dost is not good.
Darby Bible Translation
And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou art doing is not good.
Young's Literal Translation
And the father-in-law of Moses saith unto him, 'The thing which thou art doing is not good;
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Jethro Advises Moses
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And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning to the evening.
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And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that you do to the people? why sit you yourself alone, and all the people stand by you from morning to even?
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And Moses said to his father in law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God:
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When they have a matter, they come to me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
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And Moses' father in law said to him, The thing that you do is not good.
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You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you: for this thing is too heavy for you; you are not able to perform it yourself alone.
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Listen now to my voice, I will give you counsel, and God shall be with you: Be you for the people to God-ward, that you may bring the causes to God:
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And you shall teach them ordinances and laws, and shall show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
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Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
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And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for yourself, and they shall bear the burden with you.
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If you shall do this thing, and God command you so, then you shall be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
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So Moses listened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
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And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
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And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
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And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
Cross References
Exodus 18:16
When they have a matter, they come to me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
Exodus 18:18
You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you: for this thing is too heavy for you; you are not able to perform it yourself alone.
Treasury of Scripture
And Moses' father in law said to him, The thing that you do is not good.
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Strong's Concordance
And Moses'
father in law
said
unto him, The thing
that thou doest
[is] not good.
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