| Exodus 18:17 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you are doing is not good. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Moses' father-in-law replied, "What you're doing is not good.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. |
| ASV: | And Moses father-in-law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. |
| BBE: | And Moses' father-in-law said to him, What you are doing is not good. |
| DBY: | And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou art doing is not good. |
| ERV: | And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. |
| JPS: | And Moses' father-in-law said unto him: 'The thing that thou doest is not good. |
| WBS: | And Moses's father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou doest is not good. |
| WEB: | Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good. |
| YLT: | And the father-in-law of Moses saith unto him, 'The thing which thou art doing is not good; |
| Exodus 18:17 Cross References |
| XREF: | Exodus 18:16 "When they have a dispute, it comes to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor and make known the statutes of God and His laws."
Exodus 18:18 "You will surely wear out, both yourself and these people who are with you, for the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| WES: | 18:17 Not good - Not convenient either for thee or them. |
| MHC: | 18:13-27 Here is the great zeal and the toil of Moses as a magistrate. Having been employed to redeem Israel out of the house of bondage, he is a further type of Christ, that he is employed as a lawgiver and a judge among them. If the people were as quarrelsome one with another as they were with God, no doubt Moses had many causes brought before him. This business Moses was called to; it appears that he did it with great care and kindness. The meanest Israelite was welcome to bring his cause before him. Moses kept to his business from morning to night. Jethro thought it was too much for him to undertake alone; also it would make the administration of justice tiresome to the people. There may be over-doing even in well-doing. Wisdom is profitable to direct, that we may neither content ourselves with less than our duty, nor task ourselves beyond our strength. Jethro advised Moses to a better plan. Great men should not only study to be useful themselves, but contrive to make others useful. Care must be taken in the choice of the persons admitted into such a trust. They should be men of good sense, that understood business, and that would not be daunted by frowns or clamours, but abhorred the thought of a bribe. Men of piety and religion; such as fear God, who dare not to do a base thing, though they could do it secretly and securely. The fear of God will best fortify a man against temptations to injustice. Moses did not despise this advice. Those are not wise, who think themselves too wise to be counselled. |
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