Deuteronomy 1:9 Parallel Translations
NASB: "I spoke to you at that time, saying, 'I am not able to bear the burden of you alone. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: At that time I said to you, "I'm not able to take care of you by myself.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
ASV: And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
BBE: At that time I said to you, I am not able to undertake the care of you by myself;
DBY: And I spoke unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone.
ERV: And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
JPS: And I spoke unto you at that time, saying: 'I am not able to bear you myself alone;
WBS: And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
WEB: I spoke to you at that time, saying, "I am not able to bear you myself alone:
YLT: 'And I speak unto you at that time, saying, I am not able by myself to bear you;
Deuteronomy 1:9 Cross References
XREF:Exodus 18:18 "You will surely wear out, both yourself and these people who are with you, for the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone.

Exodus 18:24 So Moses listened to his father-in-law and did all that he had said.

Numbers 11:14 "I alone am not able to carry all this people, because it is too burdensome for me. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 1:9 And I spake {g} unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
(g) By the counsel of Jethro my father-in-law, Ex 18:19.
WES: 1:9 At that time - That is, about that time, namely, a little before their coming to Horeb.
MHC: 1:9-18 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, which showed God's goodness to them, and the care of Moses.
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