Deuteronomy 1:12
But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 18:13The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening.
Deuteronomy 1:9At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone.
Psalms 89:19You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 1:10-19
The Charge to Magistrates. ( b. c. 1451.) 9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: 10 The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I… Read the whole commentary →