Deuteronomy 1:12
How should I carry by myself the fatigue of you and the burden of you and your controversies?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 18:13Now it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat, to judge the people,—and the people stood by Moses, from the morning, until the evening.
Deuteronomy 1:9So I spake unto you, at that time saying, I am unable, by myself, to carry you.
Psalms 89:19Then spakest thou in vision of thy men of lovingkindness, and saidst—I have laid help upon a mighty one, I have exalted one chosen from among the people;
2 Corinthians 3:5Not that, of our own selves, sufficient, are we, to reckon anything as of ourselves, but, our sufficiency, is of 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 →