KJV King James Version
And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
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Numbers 11:11
And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people?
WEB World English Bible
Moses said to Yahweh, “Why have you treated with your servant so badly? Why haven’t I found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?
ASV American Standard Version
And Moses said unto Jehovah, Wherefore hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Moses saith unto Jehovah, ‘Why hast Thou done evil to Thy servant? and why have I not found grace in Thine eyes—to put the burden of all this people upon me?
Surrounding context — Numbers 11
8 [And] the people went about, and gathered [it], and ground [it] in mills, or beat [it] in a mortar, and baked [it] in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because [it is] too heavy for me.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayמֹשֶׁ֜הH4872 · mo.shehMosesאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלָמָ֤הH4100 · mahwhat?הֲרֵעֹ֙תָ֙H7489 · ra.abe evilלְעַבְדֶּ֔ךָH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveוְלָ֛מָּהH4100 · mahwhat?לֹא־H3808 · lonotמָצָ֥תִיH4672 · ma.tsato findחֵ֖ןH2580 · chenfavorבְּעֵינֶ֑יךָH5869 · a.yineyeלָשׂ֗וּםH7760 · sumto set: makeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מַשָּׂ֛אH4853 · mas.saburdenכָּל־H3605 · kolallהָעָ֥םH5971 · ampeopleהַזֶּ֖הH2088 · zehthisעָלָֽי׃H5921 · alupon
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 1:12How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?Exodus 5:22And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou [so] evil entreated this people? why [is] it [that] thou hast sent me?Malachi 3:14Ye have said, It [is] vain to serve God: and what profit [is it] that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?Numbers 11:15And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.Jeremiah 15:10Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; [yet] every one of them doth curse me.Lamentations 3:39-40Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?2 Corinthians 11:28Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.Jeremiah 20:14-18Cursed [be] the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.Psalm 143:2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.Job 10:2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.Psalm 130:3If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?Jeremiah 20:7-9O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.Exodus 17:4And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, [which] refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, [and as] waters [that] fail?Lamentations 3:22-23[It is of] the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
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