Numbers 11:14
12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?
13 Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
I cannot carry all these people by myself; it is too burdensome for me.
15 If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”
16 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- DARBY
- I am not able to bear all this people alone, for it is too heavy for me.
- BLB
- I am not able to bear all this people alone, because [it is] too heavy for me.
- ÅB
- Jeg makter ikke å bære hele dette folk alene; det er meg for tungt.
- OTB
- Jeg er ikke i stand til å bære ansvaret for hele dette folket alene; det er for overveldende for meg.
- B1930
- Jeg makter ikke å bære hele dette folk alene; det er mig for tungt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 18:18
Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 1:9–12
At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone.
Read in contextZechariah 6:13
Yes, 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.’
Read in context2 Corinthians 2:16
To 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?
Read in contextIsaiah 9:6
For 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.
Read in contextPsalms 89:19
You 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.
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