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Deuteronomy 1:12

ExhaustionServing others

10 The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

11 May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.

But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?

13 Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”

14 And you answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?
KJV
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
WEB
How can I myself alone bear your problems, your burdens, and your strife?
ASV
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
DARBY
How can I myself alone sustain your wear, and your burden, and your strife?
BLB
How can I bear alone your⁺ troubles and your⁺ burdens and your⁺ disputes?
ÅB
Men hvordan kan jeg alene bære strevet og møyen med dere og alle deres tretter?
OTB
Men hvordan kan jeg alene bære vekten av deres problemer, byrder og tvister?
B1930
Men hvorledes kan jeg alene bære strevet og møien med eder og alle eders tretter?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 3:5

    Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

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  • Numbers 11:11–15

    So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people?

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  • 2 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?

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  • Psalms 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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  • Deuteronomy 1:9

    At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone.

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  • 1 Kings 3:7–9

    And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.

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  • Exodus 18:13–16

    The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening.

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