Deuteronomy 1:9

¶ And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

And I spake {H559} unto you at that time {H6256}, saying {H559}, I am not able {H3201} to bear {H5375} you myself alone {H905}:

"At that time I told you, 'You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone.

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

And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 18:18 (8 votes)

    Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that [is] with thee: for this thing [is] too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

  • Numbers 11:17 (3 votes)

    And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which [is] upon thee, and will put [it] upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear [it] not thyself alone.

  • Numbers 11:11 (2 votes)

    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?

  • Numbers 11:14 (2 votes)

    I am not able to bear all this people alone, because [it is] too heavy for me.