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The Complaint of Moses

Numbers 11:14

In 11 translations

BSB
I cannot carry all these people by myself; it is too burdensome for me.
KJV
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
WEB
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
ASV
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
LSV
I am not able—I alone—to bear all this people, for [it is] too heavy for me;
YLT
I am not able — I alone — to bear all this people, for [it is] too heavy for me;
DBY
I am not able to bear all this people alone, for it is too heavy for me.
DRC
I am not able alone to bear all this people, because it is too heavy for me.
GNV
I am not able to beare al this people alone, for it is too heauie for me.
JPS
I am not able to bear all this people myself alone, because it is too heavy for me.
LXXE
I shall not be able to bear this people alone, for this thing is too heavy for me.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
לֹֽא־אוּכַ֤ל אָנֹכִי֙ לְבַדִּ֔י לָשֵׂ֖את אֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֥י כָבֵ֖ד מִמֶּֽנִּי׃
LXX-Br
Οὐ δυνήσομαι ἐγὼ μόνος φέρειν τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον, ὅτι βαρύτερόν μοι ἐστὶ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 18:18Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.
  • Deuteronomy 1:9–12At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone. The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky. May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you…
  • 2 Corinthians 2:16To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
  • Zechariah 6:13Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’
  • Psalms 89:19You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
  • Isaiah 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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