Exodus 18:17

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

And Moses’ father in law said unto 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.

ASV

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

LSV

And the father-in-law of Moses says to him, “The thing which you are doing [is] not good;

YLT

And the father-in-law of Moses saith unto him, 'The thing which thou art doing [is] not good;

DBY

And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou art doing is not good.

DRC

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

GNV

But Moses father in law said vnto him, The thing which thou doest, is not well.

JPS

And Moses' father-in-law said unto him: 'The thing that thou doest is not good.

LXXE

And the father-in-law of Moses said to him, Thou dost not this thing rightly,

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר חֹתֵ֥ן מֹשֶׁ֖ה אֵלָ֑יו לֹא־טוֹב֙ הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֖ה עֹשֶֽׂה׃

LXX-Br

Εἶπε δὲ ὁ γαμβρὸς Μωυσῆ πρὸς αὐτὸν, οὐκ ὀρθῶς σὺ ποιεῖς τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο.

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