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New Living Translation
Deuteronomy 1:12
But you are such a heavy load to carry! How can I deal with all your problems and bickering?
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Hebrew Names Version
How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
King James Version
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Lexham English Bible
How can I bear you by myself, your burden and your load and your strife?
How can I bear you by myself, your burden and your load and your strife?
English Standard Version
How can I bear by myself the weight and burden of you and your strife?
How can I bear by myself the weight and burden of you and your strife?
New Century Version
But I cannot take care of your problems, your troubles, and your arguments by myself.
But I cannot take care of your problems, your troubles, and your arguments by myself.
New English Translation
But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife?
But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife?
Amplified Bible
'How can I alone bear the weight and pressure and burden of you and your strife (contention) and complaining?
'How can I alone bear the weight and pressure and burden of you and your strife (contention) and complaining?
New American Standard Bible
'How can I alone endure the burden and weight of you and your strife?
'How can I alone endure the burden and weight of you and your strife?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Howe can I alone beare your combrance and your charge, and your strife?
Howe can I alone beare your combrance and your charge, and your strife?
Legacy Standard Bible
How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife?
How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife?
Contemporary English Version
But I cannot take care of all your problems and settle all your arguments alone.
But I cannot take care of all your problems and settle all your arguments alone.
Complete Jewish Bible
(ii) But you are burdensome, bothersome and quarrelsome! How can I bear it by myself alone?
(ii) But you are burdensome, bothersome and quarrelsome! How can I bear it by myself alone?
Darby Translation
How can I myself alone sustain your wear, and your burden, and your strife?
How can I myself alone sustain your wear, and your burden, and your strife?
Easy-to-Read Version
But I cannot take care of you and solve all your arguments by myself.
But I cannot take care of you and solve all your arguments by myself.
George Lamsa Translation
How can I myself bear alone your encumbrance and your burden and your strife?
How can I myself bear alone your encumbrance and your burden and your strife?
Good News Translation
But how can I alone bear the heavy responsibility for settling your disputes?
But how can I alone bear the heavy responsibility for settling your disputes?
Christian Standard Bible®
But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes by myself?
But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes by myself?
Literal Translation
How can I by myself bear your pressure and your burden, and your strife?
How can I by myself bear your pressure and your burden, and your strife?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
How can I alone beare soche cobraunce, & charge, & stryfe amoge you?
How can I alone beare soche cobraunce, & charge, & stryfe amoge you?
American Standard Version
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Bible in Basic English
How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?
How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howe can I my selfe alone, beare your cumbraunce, your charge, & your stryfe that is among you?
Howe can I my selfe alone, beare your cumbraunce, your charge, & your stryfe that is among you?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
King James Version (1611)
How can I my selfe alone beare your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
How can I my selfe alone beare your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
How shall I alone be able to bear your labour, and your burden, and your gainsayings?
How shall I alone be able to bear your labour, and your burden, and your gainsayings?
English Revised Version
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Berean Standard Bible
But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?
But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y may not aloone susteyne youre causis, and birthun, and stryues; yyue ye of you men wise `in dyuyn thingis,
Y may not aloone susteyne youre causis, and birthun, and stryues; yyue ye of you men wise `in dyuyn thingis,
Young's Literal Translation
`How do I bear by myself your pressure, and your burden, and your strife?
`How do I bear by myself your pressure, and your burden, and your strife?
Update Bible Version
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Webster's Bible Translation
How can I alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
How can I alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
World English Bible
How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
New King James Version
How can I alone bear your problems and your burdens and your complaints?
How can I alone bear your problems and your burdens and your complaints?
New Life Bible
How can I alone carry the weight of your troubles?
How can I alone carry the weight of your troubles?
New Revised Standard
But how can I bear the heavy burden of your disputes all by myself?
But how can I bear the heavy burden of your disputes all by myself?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
How should I carry by myself the fatigue of you and the burden of you and your controversies?
How should I carry by myself the fatigue of you and the burden of you and your controversies?
Douay-Rheims Bible
I alone am not able to bear your business, and the charge of you and your differences.
I alone am not able to bear your business, and the charge of you and your differences.
Revised Standard Version
How can I bear alone the weight and burden of you and your strife?
How can I bear alone the weight and burden of you and your strife?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife?
'How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife?
Contextual Overview
9 Moses continued, "At that time I told you, ‘You are too great a burden for me to carry all by myself. 10 The Lord your God has increased your population, making you as numerous as the stars! 11 And may the Lord , the God of your ancestors, multiply you a thousand times more and bless you as he promised! 12 But you are such a heavy load to carry! How can I deal with all your problems and bickering? 13 Choose some well-respected men from each tribe who are known for their wisdom and understanding, and I will appoint them as your leaders.' 14 "Then you responded, ‘Your plan is a good one.' 15 So I took the wise and respected men you had selected from your tribes and appointed them to serve as judges and officials over you. Some were responsible for a thousand people, some for a hundred, some for fifty, and some for ten. 16 "At that time I instructed the judges, ‘You must hear the cases of your fellow Israelites and the foreigners living among you. Be perfectly fair in your decisions 17 and impartial in your judgments. Hear the cases of those who are poor as well as those who are rich. Don't be afraid of anyone's anger, for the decision you make is God's decision. Bring me any cases that are too difficult for you, and I will handle them.' 18 "At that time I gave you instructions about everything you were to 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 called the dry ground "land" and the waters "seas." And God saw that it was good.
God called the dry ground "land" and the waters "seas." And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came." And that is what happened.
Then God said, "Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came." And that is what happened.
Genesis 1:24
Then God said, "Let the earth produce every sort of animal, each producing offspring of the same kind—livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and wild animals." And that is what happened.
Then God said, "Let the earth produce every sort of animal, each producing offspring of the same kind—livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and wild animals." And that is what happened.
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground."
Then God said, "Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground."
Isaiah 61:11
The Sovereign Lord will show his justice to the nations of the world. Everyone will praise him! His righteousness will be like a garden in early spring, with plants springing up everywhere.
The Sovereign Lord will show his justice to the nations of the world. Everyone will praise him! His righteousness will be like a garden in early spring, with plants springing up everywhere.
Mark 4:28
The earth produces the crops on its own. First a leaf blade pushes through, then the heads of wheat are formed, and finally the grain ripens.
The earth produces the crops on its own. First a leaf blade pushes through, then the heads of wheat are formed, and finally the grain ripens.
Luke 6:44
A tree is identified by its fruit. Figs are never gathered from thornbushes, and grapes are not picked from bramble bushes.
A tree is identified by its fruit. Figs are never gathered from thornbushes, and grapes are not picked from bramble bushes.
2 Corinthians 9:10
For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.
For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.
Galatians 6:7
Don't be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.
Don't be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you 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!
