Verse 17
Exodus 18:17
Darby Translation
17
And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou art doing is not good.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶר חֹתֵ֥ן מֹשֶׁ֖ה אֵלָ֑י/ו לֹא טוֹב֙ הַ/דָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֖ה עֹשֶֽׂה
English Translation
And Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you are doing is not good."
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Chapter 18 Context
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And Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God (Elohim) had done to Mo...
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And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
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and her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom for he said, I have been a sojourner in a...
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and the name of the other, Eliezer For the God (Elohim) of my father has been my help, and has deliv...
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And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came to Moses with his sons and his wife into the wilderness, wher...
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And he sent word to Moses: I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come to thee, and thy wife, and her two s...
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And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each...
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And Moses told his father-in-law all that Jehovah had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israe...
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And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness that Jehovah had done to Israel; that he had delivered them...
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And Jethro said, Blessed be Jehovah, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out...
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Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily [he...
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12
And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God (Elohim); and Aaron c...
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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...
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And Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did with the people, and said, What is this thing which tho...
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And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to enquire of God (Elohim).
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When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known [to...
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And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou art doing is not good.
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Thou wilt be quite exhausted, both thou and this people that is with thee; for the thing is too heav...
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Hearken now to my voice: I will give thee counsel, and God (Elohim) shall be with thee. Be thou for...
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and teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk, an...
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But do thou provide among all the people able men, such as fear God (Elohim), men of truth, hating c...
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that they may judge the people at all times; and it shall be [that] they shall bring to thee every g...
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If thou do this thing, and God (Elohim) command thee [so], thou wilt be able to endure, and all this...
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And Moses hearkened 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, chiefs of thousands...
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And they judged the people at all times: the hard matters they brought to Moses, but every small mat...
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And Moses sent away his father-in-law, and he departed into his land.
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