17Moses' father-in-law said to him, |The thing that you do is not good.
17Moses' father-in-law said to him, |The thing that you do is not good.
14 When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, |What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?|
15 Moses said to his father-in-law, |Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
16 When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.|
17 Moses' father-in-law said to him, |The thing that you do is not good.
18 You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone.
19 Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.
18:17And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest [is] not good.
18:17Moses' father-in-law replied, "What you are doing is not good.
18:17But he said: The thing thou dost is not good.
18:17And Moses father-in-law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
18:17And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou art doing is not good.
18:17And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
18:17And Moses's father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
18:17And the father-in-law of Moses saith unto him, 'The thing which thou art doing is not good;
18:17And Moses' father in law said to him, The thing that you do is not good.