Numbers 11:14
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
Numbers 11:14 in other translations
| BSB | I cannot carry all these people by myself; it is too burdensome for me. |
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| WEB | I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. |
| ASV | I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. |
| YLT | I am not able--I alone--to bear all this people, for it is too heavy for me; |
| DARBY | I am not able to bear all this people alone, for it is too heavy for me. |
| BBE | I am not able by myself to take the weight of all this people, for it is more than my strength. |
| Webster | I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. |
What does Numbers 11:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 11:10-15
10-15. Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant, &c.--It is impossible not to sympathize with his feelings although the tone and language of his remonstrances to God cannot be justified. He was in a most distressing situation--having a mighty multitude under his care, with no means of satisfying their clamorous demands. Their conduct shows how deeply they had been debased and demoralized…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 11:10-15
The provocation was very great; yet Moses expressed himself otherwise than became him. He undervalued the honour God had put upon him. He magnified his own performances, while he had the Divine wisdom to direct him, and Almighty power to dispense rewards and punishments. He speaks distrustfully of the Divine grace. Had the work been much less he could not have gone through it in his own strength; but had it been…
Numbers 11:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 11:14
- Exodus 18:18
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.
- Deuteronomy 1:9-12
And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: 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?
- Zechariah 6:13
Even he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
- 2 Corinthians 2:16
To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
- Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
- Psalms 89:19
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
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Context
- Numbers 11:13
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
- Numbers 11:14
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
- Numbers 11:15
And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
Numbers 11:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No puedo yo solo soportar á todo este pueblo, que me es pesado en demasía. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Je ne puis, moi seul, porter tout ce peuple, car il est trop pesant pour moi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ich allein vermag nicht dieses ganze Volk zu tragen, denn es ist mir zu schwer. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non possum solus sustinere omnem hunc populum, quia gravis est mihi. |