Deuteronomy 1:12

1:12 But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife?

Deuteronomy 7:17

7:17 If you think, “These nations are more numerous than I – how can I dispossess them?”

Deuteronomy 18:21

18:21 Now if you say to yourselves, ¹  ‘How can we tell that a message is not from the Lord?’ ²  –

Deuteronomy 32:30

32:30 How can one man chase a thousand of them, ³ 

and two pursue ten thousand;

unless their Rock had delivered them up, ⁴ 

and the Lord had handed them over?

Deuteronomy 12:30

12:30 After they have been destroyed from your presence, be careful not to be ensnared like they are; do not pursue their gods and say, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do the same.”

¹ tn Heb “in your heart.”

² tn Heb “know the word which the Lord has not spoken.” The issue here is not understanding the meaning of the message, but distinguishing a genuine prophetic word from a false one.

¹ tn The words “man” and “of them” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “sold them” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).