Numbers 11:14
I am not able by myself to take the weight of all this people, for it is more than my strength.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 18:18Your strength and that of the people will be completely used up: this work is more than you are able to do by yourself.
Psalms 89:19\89:18\For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.
Zechariah 6:13And he will be the builder of the Temple of the Lord; and the glory will be his, and he will take his place as ruler on the seat of power; and Joshua will be a priest at his right hand, and between them there will be a design of peace.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 11:5-16
4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: 6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. 7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. 8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and… Read the whole commentary →