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Numbers 11:14
Numbers 11:14 is verse 14 of Numbers chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
I cannot carry all these people by myself; it is too burdensome for me.
King James Version
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
World English Bible
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
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Numbers 11:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible
12 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?
13 Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
14 I cannot carry all these people by myself; it is too burdensome for me.
15 If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”
16 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 18:18Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.
Deuteronomy 1:9At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone.
Deuteronomy 1:10The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Deuteronomy 1:11May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.
Deuteronomy 1:12But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?
Psalms 89:19You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
Isaiah 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Zechariah 6:13Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’
2 Corinthians 2:16To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?