Exodus 18:18

WEB

¹⁸You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone.

KJV

¹⁸Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

BSB

¹⁸Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.

FBV

¹⁸You, and these people who come to you, are all going to wear yourselves out, because the workload is far too heavy. You can't handle it alone.

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Extra References

Numbers 11:14-17

¹⁴I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. ¹⁵If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don’t let me see my wretchedness.”

¹⁶The LORD said to Moses, “Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; and bring them to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you. ¹⁷I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you don’t bear it yourself alone.

Acts 6:1-4

¹Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists^[+] against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service. ²The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables. ³Therefore, select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. ⁴But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.”

2 Corinthians 12:15

¹⁵I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

Philippians 2:30

³⁰because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

1 Thessalonians 2:8-9

⁸Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us. ⁹For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.

Deuteronomy 1:9-12

⁹I spoke to you at that time, saying, “I am not able to bear you myself alone. ¹⁰The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as the stars of the sky for multitude. ¹¹May the LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, as he has promised you! ¹²How can I myself alone bear your problems, your burdens, and your strife?