申命记 1:12

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

我獨自一人怎能擔得起你們的重擔、責任和你們爭訟的事呢？

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
但 你 们 的 麻 烦 ， 和 管 理 你 们 的 重 任 ， 并 你 们 的 争 讼 ， 我 独 自 一 人 怎 能 担 当 得 起 呢 ？

Contextual Overview

⁹ At that time I said, "I am not able to take care of you by myself. ¹⁰ The Lord your God has made you grow in number so that there are as many of you as there are stars in the sky. ¹¹ I pray that the Lord , the God of your ancestors, will give you a thousand times more people and do all the wonderful things he promised. ¹² But I cannot take care of your problems, your troubles, and your arguments by myself. ¹³ So choose some men from each tribe—wise men who have understanding and experience—and I will make them leaders over you." ¹⁴ And you said, "That's a good thing to do." ¹⁵ So I took the wise and experienced leaders of your tribes, and I made them your leaders. I appointed commanders over a thousand people, over a hundred people, over fifty people, and over ten people and made them officers over your tribes. ¹⁶ Then I told your leaders, "Listen to the arguments between your people. Judge fairly between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner. ¹⁷ When you judge, be fair to everyone; don't act as if one person is more important than another, and don't be afraid of anyone, because your decision comes from God. Bring the hard cases to me, and I will judge them." ¹⁸ At that time I told you everything you must do.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 1:9, Exodus 18:13-16, Numbers 11:11-15, 1 Kings 3:7-9, Psalms 89:19, 2 Corinthians 2:16, 2 Corinthians 3:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:17 - not good 1 Kings 11:28 - charge Galatians 6:2 - Bear

Cross-References

Genesis 1:10
God named the dry land "earth" and the water that was gathered together "seas." God saw that this was good.

Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let the earth produce plants—some to make grain for seeds and others to make fruits with seeds in them. Every seed will produce more of its own kind of plant." And it happened.

Genesis 1:24
Then God said, "Let the earth be filled with animals, each producing more of its own kind. Let there be tame animals and small crawling animals and wild animals, and let each produce more of its kind." And it happened.

Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let us make human beings in our image and likeness. And let them rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the tame animals, over all the earth, and over all the small crawling animals on the earth."

Isaiah 61:11
The earth causes plants to grow, and a garden causes the seeds planted in it to grow. In the same way the Lord God will make goodness and praise come from all the nations.

Mark 4:28
By itself the earth produces grain. First the plant grows, then the head, and then all the grain in the head.

Luke 6:44
Each tree is known by its own fruit. People don't gather figs from thornbushes, and they don't get grapes from bushes.

2 Corinthians 9:10
God is the One who gives seed to the farmer and bread for food. He will give you all the seed you need and make it grow so there will be a great harvest from your goodness.

Galatians 6:7
Do not be fooled: You cannot cheat God. People harvest only what they plant.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?] His meaning is, that he could not hear and try all their causes, and determine all their law suits, and decide the strifes and controversies which arose between them; it was too heavy for him, and brought too much trouble and incumbrance upon him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This appointment of the “captains” (compare Exodus 18:21 ff) must not be confounded with that of the elders in Numbers 11:16 ff. The former would number 78,600; the latter were 70 only.

A comparison between this passage and that in Exodus makes it obvious that Moses is only touching on certain parts of the whole history, without regard to order of time, but with a special purpose. This important arrangement for the good government of the people took place before they left Horeb to march direct to the promised land. This fact sets more clearly before us the perverseness and ingratitude of the people, to which the orator next passes; and shows, what he was anxious to impress, that the fault of the 40 years’ delay rested only with themselves!