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The load is far too heavy!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I am not able to carry all this people alone; the burden is too heavy for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I cannot carry all these people by myself; it is too burdensome for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I am not able to bear all this people alone, because <i>it is</i> too heavy for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden <i>is</i> too heavy for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am not able to carry all this people by myself, because it is too burdensome for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I alone am not able to carry all this people, because it is too burdensome for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I alone am not able to carry all this people, because it is too burdensome for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I alone am not able to carry all this people because it is too heavy for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I am not able to carry all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I can’t carry all these people by myself. They are too much for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I can&#8217t carry all these people by myself. They are too much for me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />This job is too much for me. How can I take care of all these people by myself? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I can't take care of all these people by myself. This is too much work for me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I can't be responsible for all these people by myself; it's too much for me! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I cannot carry this whole nation! The burden is too heavy for me! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I cannot carry all these people by myself; it is too burdensome for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I am not able to bear this entire people alone, because it is too heavy for me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I am not able—I alone—to bear all this people, for [it is] too heavy for me;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I am not able -- I alone -- to bear all this people, for it is too heavy for me;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I shall not be able to lift up alone all this people, for it is heavy for me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I am not able alone to bear all this people, because it is too heavy for me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I alone am unable to sustain this entire people, because it is too heavy for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I cannot carry all this people by myself, for they are too heavy for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I am not able to carry all this people alone, for they are too heavy for me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I am not able to bear all this people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I cannot endure all this people alone, because it is too hard for me.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I am not able to bear all this people myself alone, because it is too heavy for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I shall not be able to bear this people alone, for this thing is too heavy for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/11-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=3632" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/11.htm">The Complaint of Moses</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">cannot</a> <a href="/hebrew/3201.htm" title="3201: ’ū·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To be able, have power. Or yakowl; a primitive root; to be able, literally or morally."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: lā·śêṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">carry</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">people</a> <a href="/hebrew/905.htm" title="905: lə·ḇad·dî (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Separation, a part. ">by myself;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">it is</a> <a href="/hebrew/3515.htm" title="3515: ḵā·ḇêḏ (Adj-ms) -- Heavy. From kabad; heavy; figuratively in a good sense or in a bad sense.">too burdensome</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nî (Prep:: 1cs) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">for me.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/18-18.htm">Exodus 18:18</a></span><br />Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-9.htm">Deuteronomy 1:9-12</a></span><br />At 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 a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/3-7.htm">1 Kings 3:7-9</a></span><br />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. / Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number. / Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/18-22.htm">Exodus 18:22</a></span><br />Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-11.htm">1 Samuel 15:11</a></span><br />“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-4.htm">1 Kings 19:4</a></span><br />while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/20-7.htm">Jeremiah 20:7-9</a></span><br />You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me. / For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long. / If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-28.htm">2 Corinthians 11:28-29</a></span><br />Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. / Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a></span><br />Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-2.htm">Galatians 6:2</a></span><br />Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32</a></span><br />Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/2-16.htm">2 Corinthians 2:16</a></span><br />To the one we are an odor that brings death, to the other a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/12-25.htm">1 Corinthians 12:25-26</a></span><br />so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another. / If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-10.htm">Acts 15:10</a></span><br />Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/2-2.htm">2 Timothy 2:2</a></span><br />And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/18-18.htm">Exodus 18:18</a></b></br> Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that <i>is</i> with thee: for this thing <i>is</i> too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/1-9.htm">Deuteronomy 1:9-12</a></b></br> And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/89-19.htm">Psalm 89:19</a></b></br> Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon <i>one that is</i> mighty; I have exalted <i>one</i> chosen out of the people.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/9-6.htm">Able</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-46.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/numbers/9-13.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/numbers/11-11.htm">Burden</a> <a href="/1_john/5-3.htm">Burdensome</a> <a href="/numbers/11-12.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/exodus/18-18.htm">Heavy</a> <a href="/numbers/11-6.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/numbers/7-86.htm">Weight</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/13-30.htm">Able</a> <a href="/numbers/11-17.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/numbers/11-17.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/numbers/11-17.htm">Burden</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-25.htm">Burdensome</a> <a href="/numbers/11-17.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/numbers/20-20.htm">Heavy</a> <a href="/numbers/14-9.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/numbers/11-16.htm">Weight</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-1.htm">The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses' prayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-4.htm">The people crave meat, and loathe manna</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-10.htm">Moses complains of his charge</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-16.htm">God promises to divide his burden unto seventy elders, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-18.htm">and to give the people meat for a month</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-21.htm">Moses' faith is staggered</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-31.htm">Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth Hattaavah</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This reflects the immense responsibility placed upon him as the leader of a large and often rebellious group. The context here is the Israelites' complaints about their hardships and desire for meat, which adds to Moses' stress. This phrase highlights the human limitations of even the most faithful leaders. It echoes the need for shared leadership, as seen later when God instructs Moses to appoint seventy elders to help him (<a href="/numbers/11-16.htm">Numbers 11:16-17</a>). This concept of shared leadership is also seen in the New Testament with the appointment of deacons in <a href="/acts/6.htm">Acts 6:1-7</a> to assist the apostles.<p><b>it is too burdensome for me.</b><br>Moses' admission of the burden reflects the weight of leadership and the challenges of guiding a nation through the wilderness. The Hebrew word for "burdensome" can also imply a heaviness or weight that is too great to bear alone. This moment of vulnerability shows Moses' humanity and foreshadows the need for divine assistance and community support. It also points to the ultimate fulfillment in Christ, who invites those who are weary and burdened to come to Him for rest (<a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a>). Moses' struggle here can be seen as a type of Christ, who bore the ultimate burden of sin for humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, Moses is the leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt and through the wilderness. Here, he expresses his overwhelming burden in leading the people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people whom Moses is leading. They are in the wilderness after being freed from slavery in Egypt, and they frequently complain and rebel against Moses and God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The setting of this event, where the Israelites are journeying towards the Promised Land. It is a place of testing and reliance on God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate authority and provider, who hears Moses' plea and responds to his needs.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tent_of_meeting.htm">The Tent of Meeting</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, it is a significant place where Moses often meets with God to seek guidance and support.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_weight_of_leadership.htm">The Weight of Leadership</a></b><br>Leadership often comes with heavy burdens that can feel overwhelming. Moses' honest expression of his limitations teaches us the importance of acknowledging our need for help.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_delegation.htm">The Importance of Delegation</a></b><br>Just as Moses needed assistance, we too should seek to delegate responsibilities and share burdens with others, recognizing that we are not meant to carry everything alone.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_god's_help.htm">Seeking God's Help</a></b><br>Moses' plea is a reminder to turn to God in times of distress. We are encouraged to bring our burdens to God, trusting in His provision and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_support.htm">Community Support</a></b><br>The body of Christ is designed to support one another. We should actively seek to help others with their burdens and be open to receiving help ourselves.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/recognizing_human_limitations.htm">Recognizing Human Limitations</a></b><br>Understanding our limitations is crucial. It is not a sign of weakness but of wisdom to seek help and rely on God's strength and the support of others.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">To bear all this people alone.--</span>In accordance with the advice of Jethro, able men had been chosen out of all Israel who heard and determined the small matters which arose among them (<a href="/context/exodus/18-25.htm" title="And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.">Exodus 18:25-26</a>), but they were of no avail on occasions such as the present.<p><span class= "bld">My wretchedness.--</span>Or, <span class= "ital">my evil. </span>This is one of the eighteen places in which the scribes are said to have altered the text, and to have substituted <span class= "ital">my </span>for <span class= "ital">Thy.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">1 am not able to bear all this people alone.</span> This complaint, while reasonable in itself, shows how unreasonable the rest of his words were. However many he might have had to share his responsibilities, be could not have provided flesh for the people, nor enabled them to live one day in the wilderness; this had never been laid upon him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/11-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אָנֹכִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·nō·ḵî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cannot</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">carry</span><br /><span class="heb">לָשֵׂ֖את</span> <span class="translit">(lā·śêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">people</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by myself;</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבַדִּ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇad·dî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_905.htm">Strong's 905: </a> </span><span class="str2">Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[it is] too burdensome</span><br /><span class="heb">כָבֵ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(ḵā·ḇêḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3515.htm">Strong's 3515: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heavy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for me.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמֶּֽנִּי׃</span> <span class="translit">(mim·men·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/11-14.htm">Numbers 11:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/11-14.htm">Numbers 11:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/11-14.htm">Numbers 11:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/11-14.htm">Numbers 11:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/11-14.htm">Numbers 11:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/11-14.htm">Numbers 11:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/11-14.htm">Numbers 11:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/11-14.htm">Numbers 11:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/11-14.htm">Numbers 11:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/11-14.htm">Numbers 11:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/11-14.htm">OT Law: Numbers 11:14 I am not able to bear all (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/11-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 11:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 11:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/11-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 11:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 11:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>