Cross References And he said to the Lord: Why hast thou afflicted thy servant? Wherefore do I not find favour before thee? And why hast thou laid the weight of all this people upon me? Exodus 5:22 And Moses returned to the Lord, and said: Lord, why hast thou afflicted this people? wherefore hast thou sent me? Numbers 11:10 Now Moses heard the people weeping by their families, every one at the door of his tent. And the wrath of the Lord was exceedingly enkindled: to Moses also the thing seemed insupportable. Deuteronomy 1:12 I alone am not able to bear your business, and the charge of you and your differences. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he said to the Lord: Why hast thou afflicted thy servant? Wherefore do I not find favour before thee? And why hast thou laid the weight of all this people upon me? wherefore hast thou. Numbers 11:15 But if it seem unto thee otherwise, I beseech thee to kill me, and let me find grace in thy eyes, that I be not afflicted with so great evils. Exodus 17:4 And Moses cried to the Lord, saying: What shall I do to this people? Yet a little more and they will stone me. Deuteronomy 1:12 I alone am not able to bear your business, and the charge of you and your differences. Jeremiah 15:10,18 Woe is me, my mother: why hast thou borne me a man of strife, a man of contention to all the earth? I have not lent on usury, neither hath any man lent to me on usury: yet all curse me. . . . Jeremiah 20:7-9,14-18 Thou hast deceived me, O Lord, and I am deceived: thou hast been stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. I am become a laughingstock all the day, all scoff at me. . . . Malachi 3:14 And you have said: What have we spoken against thee? You have said: He laboureth in vain that serveth God, and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sorrowful before the Lord of hosts? 2 Corinthians 11:28 Besides those things which are without: my daily instance, the solicitude for all the churches. wherefore have Job 10:2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me: tell me why thou judgest me so? Psalm 130:3 If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it. Psalm 143:2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight no man living shall be justified. Lamentations 3:22,23,39,40 Heth. The mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed: because his commiserations have not failed. . . . Context The Complaint of Moses10Now Moses heard the people weeping by their families, every one at the door of his tent. And the wrath of the Lord was exceedingly enkindled: to Moses also the thing seemed insupportable. 11And he said to the Lord: Why hast thou afflicted thy servant? Wherefore do I not find favour before thee? And why hast thou laid the weight of all this people upon me?12Have I conceived all this multitude, or begotten them, that thou shouldst say to me: Carry them in thy bosom as the nurse is wont to carry the little infant, and bear them into the land, for which thou hast sworn to their fathers?… Lexicon So Mosesמֹשֶׁ֜ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver asked וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say the LORD, יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel “Why לָמָ֤ה (lā·māh) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what have You brought this trouble הֲרֵעֹ֙תָ֙ (hă·rê·‘ō·ṯā) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7489: To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad on Your servant? לְעַבְדֶּ֔ךָ (lə·‘aḇ·de·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant Why וְלָ֛מָּה (wə·lām·māh) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what have I not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no found מָצָ֥תִי (mā·ṣā·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present favor חֵ֖ן (ḥên) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2580: Graciousness, subjective, objective in Your sight, בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ (bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain that You have laid לָשׂ֗וּם (lā·śūm) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set upon me עָלָֽי׃ (‘ā·lāy) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against the burden מַשָּׂ֛א (maś·śā) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4853: A burden, tribute, porterage, an utterance, chiefly a, doom, singing, mental, desire of all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every these הַזֶּ֖ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that people? הָעָ֥ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Additional Translations 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?And Moses said to the LORD, Why have you afflicted your servant? and why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me? 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? And Moses said to the Lord, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant, and why have I not found grace in thy sight, that thou shouldest lay the weight of this people upon me? And Moses said to Jehovah, Why hast thou done evil to thy servant, and why have I not found favour in thine eyes, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou evil entreated thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? And Moses said to the LORD, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant? and why have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? 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? 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? 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