Deuteronomy 1:12 KJV

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

Thou and Ye

  • your more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

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Cross References

  • Numbers 11:11–15 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? …
  • Deuteronomy 1:9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
  • 1 Kings 3:7–9 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. …
  • Psalms 89:19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
  • 2 Corinthians 2:16 To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

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Topics

  • Government Administrative and judicial system
  • Israel At the suggestion of Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, they organize a system of government
  • Judge Character of, and precepts relating to
  • Moses People complain against Moses and Aaron
  • Reproof Moses, of the Israelites

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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • How אֵיכָה ʾêkâ אֵיךְ Interrogative
  • can I myself alone bear אֶשָּׂא ʾeśśāʾ נָשָׂא Verb · qal imperfect, first person common singular לְבַדִּי lĕbaddî Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: first person common singular
  • your cumbrance טָרְחֲכֶם ṭorḥăkem טֹרַח Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
  • and your burden וּמַשַּׂאֲכֶם ûmaśśaʾăkem מַשָּׂא Noun · masculine singular construct · with and, suffix: second person masculine plural
  • and your strife וְרִיבְכֶם wĕrîbĕkem רִיב Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with and, suffix: second person masculine plural

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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