King James Version
Deuteronomy 1:12 in the King James Version says “How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?”
Deuteronomy 1:12 · KJV
The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
(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!)
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. Take: Heb. Give
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“can I myself alone bear”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit
“and your burden”
H4853a burden; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire
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