Exodus 18:17

But he said: The thing thou dost is not good.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

In Context

16And when any controversy falleth out among them, they come to me to judge between them, and to shew the precepts of God, and his laws.

18Thou are spent with foolish labour, both thou and this people that is with thee: the business is above thy strength, thou alone canst not bear it.

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Cross References

Proverbs 27:9Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 18:14-27

Jethro's Advice to Moses. ( b. c. 1491.) 13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. 14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? 15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God: 16 When they have a matter,… Read the whole commentary →

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