Numbers 11:14

Unable, am, I, by myself, to carry all this people,—for they are too heavy for me.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

In Context

13Whence should, I, have flesh to give to all this people,—for they keep weeping by me saying, Oh give us flesh that we may eat!

15But if, in this way, thou art going to deal with me, slay me, I beseech thee, slay, if I have found favour in thine eyes,—and let me not see my grief,

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Cross References

Exodus 18:18Thou wilt get quite worn out, both thou and this people that is with thee,—for the thing is too heavy for thee, thou canst not do it, alone.

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;

Zechariah 6:13Yea, he, shall build the temple of Yahweh, and, he, shall bear the honour, and shall sit and rule upon his throne,—and shall become a priest upon his throne, and, the counsel of peace, shall be between the two of them.

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 →

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