Exodus 18:17-24 His father in lawe sayde vnto him: It is not well that thou doest.

Coverdale⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ His father in lawe sayde vnto him: It is not well that thou doest. ¹⁸ Thou weeriest thy self, and the people that is with the. This busynesse is to sore for the, thou canst not perfourme it alone. ¹⁹ But herken vnto my voyce, I will geue the councell, and God shall be with the. Be thou vnto the people to God warde, and brynge the causes before God, ²⁰ and prouide them with statutes and lawes, that thou mayest shewe the the waie wherin they shulde walke, and the workes that they shulde do. ²¹ But loke out amonge all the people, for honest men, that feare God, soch as are true, & hate couetousnes: make these rulers ouer them, some ouer thousandes, ouer hundredes, ouer fiftie, and ouer ten, ²² that they maye allwaye iudge the people. But where there is eny greate matter, that they brynge the same vnto the, and iudge the small causes them selues: so shall it be lighter for the, yf they beare the burthen with the. ²³ Yf thou shalt do this, then mayest thou endure the thinge that God chargeth the withall, and all this people maie go peaceably vnto their place. ²⁴ Moses herkened vnto the voyce of his father in lawe, and dyd all that he sayde.