Exodus 18:17
Modern Translations
New International Version
Moses' father-in-law replied, "What you are doing is not good.

New Living Translation
“This is not good!” Moses’ father-in-law exclaimed.

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

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

New American Standard Bible
Moses’ father-in-law then said to him, “The thing that you are doing is not good.

NASB 1995
Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you are doing is not good.

NASB 1977
And Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you are doing is not good.

Amplified Bible
Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you are doing is not good.

Christian Standard Bible
“What you’re doing is not good,” Moses’s father-in-law said to him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
What you're doing is not good," Moses' father-in-law said to him. "

Contemporary English Version
Jethro replied: That isn't the best way to do it.

Good News Translation
Then Jethro said, "You are not doing this right.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Moses' father-in-law replied, "What you're doing is not good.

International Standard Version
Moses' father-in-law told him, "What you are doing is not good.

NET Bible
Moses' father-in-law said to him, "What you are doing is not good!
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

New King James Version
So Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good.

King James 2000 Bible
And Moses' father-in-law said unto him, The thing that you do is not good.

New Heart English Bible
Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.

World English Bible
Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.

American King James Version
And Moses' father in law said to him, The thing that you do is not good.

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

A Faithful Version
And Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.

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

English Revised Version
And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses's father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
But Moses father in law said vnto him, The thing which thou doest, is not well.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And Moyses father in lawe sayde vnto hym: It is not well that thou doest.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
His father in lawe sayde vnto him: It is not well that thou doest.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And his father in lawe sayde vnto him: it is not well that thou dost.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the father-in-law of Moses says to him, “The thing which you are doing [is] not good;

Young's Literal Translation
And the father-in-law of Moses saith unto him, 'The thing which thou art doing is not good;

Smith's Literal Translation
And Moses' father-in-law will say to him, The word is not good which thou doest.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But he said: The thing thou dost is not good.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But he said, “This is not good, what you are doing.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And his Father in Law said to Moshe, you are not doing well.

Lamsa Bible
And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that you are doing is not good.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And Moses' father-in-law said unto him: 'The thing that thou doest is not good.

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
















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