Deuteronomy 1:12

'How do I bear by myself your pressure, and your burden, and your strife?

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

In Context

11Jehovah, God of your fathers, is adding to you, as ye [are], a thousand times, and doth bless you as He hath spoken to you.

13Give for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;

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Cross References

Exodus 18:13And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that Moses sitteth to judge the people, and the people stand before Moses, from the morning unto the evening;

Deuteronomy 1:9'And I speak unto you at that time, saying, I am not able by myself to bear you;

Psalms 89:19Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,

2 Corinthians 3:5not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think 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 →

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