Esodo 18:17

17 Ma il suocero di Mosè gli disse: "Questo che tu fai non va bene.

Esodo 18:17 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 18:17

And Moses's father in law said unto him
Having observed what he did, and heard his answer to the question he put to him:

the thing that thou doest is not good;
not meaning that it was not morally good, or that it was morally evil; for it was certainly a good thing to inquire of the mind and will of God for the people, and to hear and decide matters in controversy between them, and do justice to both parties; but it was not good for the health of Moses; it was not commodious and convenient for him; it was not for his bodily welfare; it was too much for him, as he explains himself in the next verse.

Esodo 18:17 In-Context

15 E Mosè rispose al suo suocero: "Perché il popolo viene da me per consultare Dio.

16 Quand’essi hanno qualche affare, vengono da me, e io giudico fra l’uno e l’altro, e fo loro conoscere gli ordini di Dio e le sue leggi".

17 Ma il suocero di Mosè gli disse: "Questo che tu fai non va bene.

18 Tu ti esaurirai certamente: tu e questo popolo ch’è teco; poiché quest’affare è troppo grave per te; tu non puoi bastarvi da te solo.

19 Or ascolta la mia voce; io ti darò un consiglio, e Dio sia teco: Sii tu il rappresentante del popolo dinanzi a Dio, e porta a Dio le loro cause.