18 (A)You will surely wear out, both yourself and [a]these people who are with you, because the [b]task is too heavy for you; (B)you cannot do it alone. 19 Now listen to [c]me: I will give you counsel, and God be with you. [d]You be the people’s representative before God, and you (C)bring the [e]disputes to God, 20 (D)then admonish them about the statutes and the laws, and make known to them (E)the way in which they are to walk and the work they are to do.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 18:18 Lit this
  2. Exodus 18:18 Lit matter
  3. Exodus 18:19 Lit my voice
  4. Exodus 18:19 Lit You be for the people in front of God
  5. Exodus 18:19 Lit matters

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