Deuteronomy 1:9

Deuteronomy 1:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
• New International Version (NIV)At that time I said to you, “You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"At that time I said to you, 'I am not able to bear you by myself.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“And I spoke to you at that time, saying: ‘I alone am not able to bear you.

Context of Deuteronomy 1:9

7Now you must continue your journey. Go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the regions near there. Go to the Jordan Valley and the mountains and the low hills in the west. Go to the Negev in the south, and to the Mediterranean coast. Go to the land of Canaan and to Lebanon, even as far as the great Euphrates river. 8Look! I have given you all this land. Go there and take it for yourselves. I, the Lord, promised to give this land to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and to their descendants.’ At that time I, Moses, said this to you: ‘I cannot lead you and help you by myself. It is too difficult for me to do alone. 10The Lord your God has caused you to become very many people. You are as many as the stars in the sky! 11I pray that the Lord, your ancestors' God, will cause you to become a thousand times as many people. That is how he has promised to bless you.

Deuteronomy 1:9 word by word

וָאֹמַ֣ר אֲלֵכֶ֔ם בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִ֖וא לֵאמֹ֑ר לֹא־אוּכַ֥ל לְבַדִּ֖י שְׂאֵ֥ת אֶתְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I spakeאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto you at that timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• I am not ableיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• to bearנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• you myself aloneבַּדbad · aloneH905

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 1:9

• Exodus 18:18You will become too tired. The people who come to you will also become tired. You cannot do all this work alone.
• Numbers 11:11So Moses said to the Lord, ‘I am your servant. But you have given this problem to me! It seems that you are not pleased with me. You have given to me the hard job to be leader of all these people.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 1:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 This appointment of the “captains” (compare Exodus 18:21 ff) must not be confounded with that of the elders in Numbers 11:16 ff. The former would number 78,600; the latter were 70 only. A comparison between this passage and that in Exodus makes it obvious that Moses is only touching on certain parts of the whole history, without regard to order of time, but with a special purpose. This important arrangement for the good government of the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 Moses reminds the people of the happy constitution of their government, which might make them all safe and easy, if it was not their own fault. He owns the fulfilment of God's promise to Abraham, and prays for the further accomplishment of it. We are not straitened in the power and goodness of God; why should we be straitened in our own faith and hope? Good laws were given to the Israelites, and good men were to see to the execution of them…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-18See Exodus 18:13–27.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-189-18. I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone--a little before their arrival in Horeb. Moses addresses that new generation as the representatives of their fathers, in whose sight and hearing all the transactions he recounts took place. A reference is here made to the suggestion of Jethro (Ex 18:18). In noticing his practical adoption of a plan by which the administration of justice was committed to a select number of…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 1:9

• Government
• Israel
• Moses

In the dictionaries

• Dread
• Exodus
• Heaven
• Deuteronomy
• Judge
• Pentateuch

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings