Exodus 18:17

But Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16“Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”

18Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.

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Cross References

Proverbs 27:9Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness 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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