King James Version

Deuteronomy 1:12

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

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אֵיכָ֥הeykhahhowאֵיךְparticle, interrogative — “how”H349how? or how!; also wherehow, what.אֶשָּׂ֖אesalift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “lift up”, an unfinished actionH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…לְבַדִּ֑יlevadito apartבַּדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to apart”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH905properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besidesalone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.טָרְחֲכֶ֥םtarechakhemcumbranceטֹרַחnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “cumbrance”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2960a burdencumbrance, trouble.וּמַֽשַּׂאֲכֶ֖םumasaakhemand tributeמַשָּׂאconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and tribute”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4853a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desireburden, carry away, prophecy, [idiom] they set, song, tribute.וְרִֽיבְכֶֽםverivekhemand causeרִיבconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and cause”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7379a contest (personal or legal)[phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

'How do I bear by myself your pressure, and your burden, and your strife?

World English Bible

How can I myself alone bear your problems, your burdens, and your strife?

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

I alone am not able to bear your business, and the charge of you and your differences.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

How shall I alone be able to bear your labour, and your burden, and your gainsayings?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πῶς δυνήσομαι μόνος φέρειν τὸν κόπον ὑμῶν καὶ τὴν ὑπόστασιν ὑμῶν καὶ τὰς ἀντιλογίας ὑμῶν;

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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