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How can I deal with all your problems and bickering?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />How can I bear by myself the weight and burden of you and your strife?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />How can I alone bear your problems and your burdens and your complaints?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />How can I alone endure the burden and weight of you and your strife?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />How can I alone bear the weight <i>and</i> pressure and burden of you and your strife (contention) <i>and</i> complaining?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes by myself?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes by myself? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But I cannot take care of all your problems and settle all your arguments alone. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />How can I take care of your problems, your troubles, and your disagreements all by myself?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But how can I alone bear the heavy responsibility for settling your disputes? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />How can I bear the burden of you and your bickering all by myself? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />How can I alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />How can I myself alone bear your problems, your burdens, and your strife? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />How do I bear your pressure, and your burden, and your strife by myself?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'How do I bear by myself your pressure, and your burden, and your strife?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />How shall I bear alone your burden and your lifting up and your strife.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I alone am not able to bear your business, and the charge of you and your differences. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Alone, I do not have the strength to endure your arbitrations and judgments and disputes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But how can I, by myself, bear the weight, the contentiousness of you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But how can I bear the heavy burden of your disputes all by myself?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />How can I myself bear alone your encumbrance and your burden and your strife?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />How therefore can I alone carry your baggage and your cargo and your legal cases?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />How shall I alone be able to bear your labour, and your burden, and your gainsayings?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/1-12.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/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=107" 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/deuteronomy/1.htm">Moses Appoints Leaders</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/349.htm" title="349: ’ê·ḵāh (Interjection) -- How?. Also eykah; and teykakah; prolonged from 'ay; how? Or how!; also where.">But how</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: ’eś·śā (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">can I bear</a> <a href="/hebrew/2960.htm" title="2960: ṭā·rə·ḥă·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- A burden. From tarach; a burden.">your troubles,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4853.htm" title="4853: ū·maś·śa·’ă·ḵem (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2mp) -- From nasa'; a burden; specifically, tribute, or porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire.">burdens,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7379.htm" title="7379: wə·rî·ḇə·ḵem (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2mp) -- Strife, dispute. Or rib; from riyb; a contest.">and disputes</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: lə·ḇad·dî (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">all by myself?</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”…<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/18-13.htm">Exodus 18:13-26</a></span><br />The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening. / When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?” / “Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/11-11.htm">Numbers 11:11-17</a></span><br />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? / 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? / Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ ...<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="/acts/6-1.htm">Acts 6:1-7</a></span><br />In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. / So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables. / Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will assign this responsibility to them ...<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="/1_samuel/8-5.htm">1 Samuel 8:5-6</a></span><br />“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.” / But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-4.htm">1 Kings 12:4</a></span><br />“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”<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="/1_peter/5-7.htm">1 Peter 5:7</a></span><br />Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/27-16.htm">Numbers 27:16-17</a></span><br />“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation / who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/3-1.htm">1 Timothy 3:1-13</a></span><br />This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task. / An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, / not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-17.htm">Hebrews 13:17</a></span><br />Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/19-5.htm">2 Chronicles 19:5-10</a></span><br />He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah. / Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment. / And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-1.htm">Romans 15:1</a></span><br />We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/1-9.htm">Deuteronomy 1:9</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="/exodus/18-13.htm">Exodus 18:13-16</a></b></br> And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/11-11.htm">Numbers 11:11-15</a></b></br> 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? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/1-9.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/titus/3-9.htm">Arguments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-9.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-9.htm">Burden</a> <a href="/numbers/4-47.htm">Burdens</a> <a href="/exodus/18-19.htm">Disputes</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-1.htm">Encumbrance</a> <a href="/exodus/18-22.htm">Load</a> <a href="/numbers/22-18.htm">Possible</a> <a href="/philemon/1-14.htm">Pressure</a> <a href="/daniel/5-16.htm">Problems</a> <a href="/numbers/35-27.htm">Responsible</a> <a href="/numbers/27-14.htm">Strife</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-35.htm">Sustain</a> <a href="/exodus/18-8.htm">Troubles</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-9.htm">Undertake</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-10.htm">Wear</a> <a href="/numbers/11-17.htm">Weight</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/2-27.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/job/6-25.htm">Arguments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-31.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-25.htm">Burden</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-15.htm">Burdens</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-16.htm">Disputes</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-1.htm">Encumbrance</a> <a href="/job/35-9.htm">Load</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-30.htm">Possible</a> <a href="/job/33-7.htm">Pressure</a> <a href="/daniel/5-16.htm">Problems</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-19.htm">Responsible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-17.htm">Strife</a> <a href="/judges/19-5.htm">Sustain</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-17.htm">Troubles</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-7.htm">Undertake</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Wear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-15.htm">Weight</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-1.htm">Moses' speech in the end of the fortieth year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-6.htm">briefly rehearsing the history of God's sending them from Horeb</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-14.htm">of giving them officers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-19.htm">of sending the spies to search the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-34.htm">of his anger for their incredulity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-41.htm">and disobedience</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But how can I bear</b><br>This phrase reflects Moses' acknowledgment of his limitations as a leader. It highlights the human inability to manage the complexities of leadership without assistance. This sentiment is echoed in <a href="/exodus/18-18.htm">Exodus 18:18</a>, where Jethro advises Moses to delegate responsibilities. It underscores the biblical principle that leadership is a shared responsibility, not a solitary endeavor.<p><b>your troubles,</b><br>The "troubles" refer to the various challenges and difficulties faced by the Israelites during their journey. These include logistical issues, interpersonal conflicts, and spiritual struggles. The term can also be seen as a reflection of the broader human condition of sin and suffering, which requires divine intervention and guidance.<p><b>burdens,</b><br>"Burdens" can be understood as the physical and emotional weight of leading a large group of people. This includes the responsibility for their welfare, safety, and spiritual growth. In a broader theological context, burdens can symbolize the weight of sin and the need for a savior, pointing to Christ's invitation in <a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a> to find rest in Him.<p><b>and disputes</b><br>Disputes among the Israelites were common, as seen throughout the Pentateuch. These disputes required wise judgment and discernment, qualities that Moses was known for but also needed help with. This reflects the need for a system of justice and order, which is later established through the appointment of judges and leaders in Israel.<p><b>all by myself?</b><br>This rhetorical question emphasizes the necessity of community and shared leadership. It points to the establishment of a structured leadership system, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/1-13.htm">Deuteronomy 1:13-15</a>, where Moses appoints leaders over groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. This delegation is a precursor to the New Testament model of church leadership, where responsibilities are shared among elders and deacons.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The speaker of this verse, Moses is addressing the Israelites. He is expressing his inability to manage the people's issues alone.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people whom Moses is leading. They are numerous and have many disputes and burdens that need addressing.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness.htm">Wilderness</a></b><br>The setting of this discourse, where the Israelites are journeying towards the Promised Land.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The destination of the Israelites, a land promised by God to their ancestors.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judges_and_leaders.htm">Judges and Leaders</a></b><br>Later in the chapter, Moses appoints leaders to help him manage the people's issues, a significant event in the governance of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_delegation.htm">The Importance of Delegation</a></b><br>Moses' acknowledgment of his limitations teaches us the importance of sharing responsibilities. In our lives, we should not hesitate to seek help and delegate tasks when overwhelmed.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_support.htm">Community and Support</a></b><br>The verse highlights the necessity of community support. Just as Moses needed others to help bear the burdens, we too should rely on our community for support and assistance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_humility.htm">Leadership and Humility</a></b><br>Moses' humility in admitting his inability to manage alone is a model for leaders. True leadership involves recognizing one's limitations and empowering others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_in_leadership.htm">God's Provision in Leadership</a></b><br>God provides solutions to our challenges, often through the people around us. We should be open to God's provision through others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_wisdom_in_decision-making.htm">The Role of Wisdom in Decision-Making</a></b><br>Moses' decision to appoint leaders was wise and necessary. We should seek wisdom in our decision-making processes, especially when dealing with complex issues.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_mark_2_23-28's_grain_story_reliable.htm">Mark 2:23-28 - How reliable is the story of disciples picking grain on the Sabbath, given the potential historical and legal disputes that should have arisen?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_1_sam_12_14-15_contradict_deut_17.htm">Why does Samuel's speech in 1 Samuel 12:14-15 seem at odds with earlier promises of a king in Deuteronomy 17:14-20?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_deut._7_1-2_allow_destruction.htm">If God is compassionate, how can Deuteronomy 7:1-2 condone the total destruction of other nations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_happened_with_michael,_satan,_and_moses.htm">What occurred between Michael, Satan, and Moses' body?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">Your cumbrance.</span>--The original word is found only here and in <a href="/isaiah/1-14.htm" title="Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a trouble to me; I am weary to bear them.">Isaiah 1:14</a> : "They are a <span class= "ital">trouble </span>unto me, I am weary to bear them."<p><a href="/context/deuteronomy/1-13.htm" title="Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.">Deuteronomy 1:13-15</a> recall very exactly what is said in Exodus 18<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - Moses appeals to the good sense of the people themselves: <span class="cmt_word">How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?</span> <span class="accented">Cumbrance</span>: this is a just rendering of the Hebrew word <span class="hebrew">מֹרֲח</span>, from <span class="hebrew">טָרַח</span>, which, though it occurs only in the Hiphil in Hebrew, in the sense of to cast down (<a href="/job/17-11.htm">Job 17:11</a>), probably was in use also in the Kal, in the sense of to lay upon, to encumber, which is the meaning of the cognate Arabic followed by . <span class="accented">Burden</span> (<span class="hebrew">שָּׁא</span>, from <span class="hebrew">נָשָׂא</span>, to lift up, to carry, to bear), something lifted up and carried, a load or burden. <span class="accented">Strife</span>: (<span class="hebrew">רִיב</span>) here, not mere contention, but litigation, suit-at-law. Some understand all these three, of troubles and burdens laid upon Moses, by his being called upon to compose differences, and adjust competing claims among the people. But other burdens besides these came upon him as the leader of the nation; and it seems best, therefore, to understand the first two of troubles and burdens generally. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/1-12.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">But how</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵיכָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_349.htm">Strong's 349: </a> </span><span class="str2">How?, how!, where</span><br /><br /><span class="word">can I bear</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶשָּׂ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(’eś·śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<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">your troubles,</span><br /><span class="heb">טָרְחֲכֶ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(ṭā·rə·ḥă·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2960.htm">Strong's 2960: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burden</span><br /><br /><span class="word">burdens,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמַֽשַּׂאֲכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·maś·śa·’ă·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4853.htm">Strong's 4853: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burden, tribute, porterage, an utterance, chiefly a, doom, singing, mental, desire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and disputes</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרִֽיבְכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rî·ḇə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7379.htm">Strong's 7379: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strife, dispute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all by myself?</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבַדִּ֑י</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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/1-12.htm">Deuteronomy 1:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/1-12.htm">Deuteronomy 1:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/1-12.htm">Deuteronomy 1:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/1-12.htm">Deuteronomy 1:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/1-12.htm">Deuteronomy 1:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/1-12.htm">Deuteronomy 1:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/1-12.htm">Deuteronomy 1:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/1-12.htm">Deuteronomy 1:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/1-12.htm">Deuteronomy 1:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/1-12.htm">Deuteronomy 1:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/1-12.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 1:12 How can I myself alone bear your (Deut. 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