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Deuteronomy 1:12 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 1 · verse 12
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?Deuteronomy 1:12 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 1:12 in context
10The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
11(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
12How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
13Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- cumbranceṭôracha burdenH2960 →
- burdenmassâʼa burdenH4853 →
- bearnâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
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Moses here reminds them of the happy constitution of their government, which was such as might make them all safe and easy if it was not their own fault.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-18