Exodus 18:17
And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
And Moses father in law saide vnto him, The thing that thou doest, is not good.
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Exodus 18:17
Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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16When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
16When they haue a matter, they come vnto mee, and I iudge betweene †one and another, and I doe make them know the statutes of God and his Lawes.
17And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
17And Moses father in law saide vnto him, The thing that thou doest, is not good.
Selected passage18Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
18†Thou wilt surely weare away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heauy for thee; *thou art not able to performe it thy selfe alone.