Deuteronomy 1:12

10 The Lord your God has multiplied you, ^aand here you are today, as the stars of heaven in multitude.

11 ^aMay the Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times more numerous than you are, and bless you ^bas He has promised you!

12 ^aHow can I alone bear your problems and your burdens and your complaints?

13 Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men from among your tribes, and I will make them¹ heads over you.’

14 And you answered me and said, ‘The thing which you have told us to do is good.’

15 So I took ^athe heads of your tribes, wise and knowledgeable men, and¹ made them heads over you, leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, leaders of tens, and officers for your tribes.

16 “Then I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your brethren, and ^ajudge righteously between a man and his ^bbrother or the stranger who is with him.

17 ^aYou shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid in any man’s presence, for ^bthe judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, ^cbring to me, and I will hear it.’

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 1:12

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American Standard Version
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

Amplified® Bible
How can I bear alone the weariness {and} pressure and burden of you and your strife?

Contemporary English Version
But I cannot take care of all your problems and settle all your arguments alone.

Darby English Version
How can I myself alone sustain your wear, and your burden, and your strife?

Good News Bible
But how can I alone bear the heavy responsibility for settling your disputes?

King James Version
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

New American Standard Bible
`How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife?

New International Version
But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself?

New King James Version
How can I alone bear your problems and your burdens and your complaints?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife?

Revised Standard Version
How can I bear alone the weight and burden of you and your strife?

Young's Literal Translation
`How do I bear by myself your pressure, and your burden, and your strife?

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