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?
Matthew Henry
- Judges provided for the peopleMoses reminds the people of the happy constitution of their government, which might make them all safe and easy, if it was not their own fault. He owns the...
Thompson Chains
- Posterity PromisedLink 7 of 12 · next Deuteronomy 7:13
- Strife (5)Link 3 of 5 · next 2 Samuel 19:43
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?
- 2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
- Exodus 18:13–16 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. …
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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
- Strife General scriptures concerning
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
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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