Verse 4

Thy father{H1} made our yoke{H5923} grievous:{H7185} now therefore make thou the grievous{H7186} service{H5656} of thy father,{H1} and his heavy{H3515} yoke{H5923} which he put{H5414} upon us, lighter,{H7043} and we will serve{H5647} thee.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 1:13-14 : 13 And the Egyptians{H4714} made{H5647} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} to serve{H5647} with rigor:{H6531} 14 and they made{H4843} their lives{H2416} bitter{H4843} with hard{H7186} service,{H5656} in mortar{H2563} and in brick,{H3843} and in all manner of service{H5656} in the field,{H7704} all their service,{H5656} wherein they made them serve{H5647} with rigor.{H6531}
  • Exod 2:23 : 23 And it came to pass in the course{H1992} of those many days,{H3117} that the king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} died:{H4191} and the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} sighed{H584} by reason of{H4480} the bondage,{H5656} and they cried,{H2199} and their cry{H7775} came up{H5927} unto God{H430} by reason of the bondage.{H5656}
  • 1 Sam 8:11-18 : 11 And he said,{H559} This will be the manner{H4941} of the king{H4428} that shall reign{H4427} over you: he will take{H3947} your sons,{H1121} and appoint{H7760} them unto him, for his chariots,{H4818} and to be his horsemen;{H6571} and they shall run{H7323} before{H6440} his chariots;{H4818} 12 and he will appoint{H7760} them unto him for captains{H8269} of thousands,{H505} and captains{H8269} of fifties;{H2572} and [he will set some] to plow{H2790} his ground,{H2758} and to reap{H7114} his harvest,{H7105} and to make{H6213} his instruments{H3627} of war,{H4421} and the instruments{H3627} of his chariots.{H7393} 13 And he will take{H3947} your daughters{H1323} to be perfumers,{H7548} and to be cooks,{H2879} and to be bakers.{H644} 14 And he will take{H3947} your fields,{H7704} and your vineyards,{H3754} and your oliveyards,{H2132} even the best{H2896} of them, and give{H5414} them to his servants.{H5650} 15 And he will take the tenth{H6237} of your seed,{H2233} and of your vineyards,{H3754} and give{H5414} to his officers,{H5631} and to his servants.{H5650} 16 And he will take{H3947} your men-servants,{H5650} and your maid-servants,{H8198} and your goodliest{H2896} young men,{H970} and your asses,{H2543} and put{H6213} them to his work.{H4399} 17 He will take the tenth{H6237} of your flocks:{H6629} and ye shall be his servants.{H5650} 18 And ye shall cry out{H2199} in that day{H3117} because{H6440} of your king{H4428} whom ye shall have chosen{H977} you; and Jehovah{H3068} will not answer{H6030} you in that day.{H3117}
  • 1 Kgs 4:20 : 20 Judah{H3063} and Israel{H3478} were many{H7227} as the sand{H2344} which is by the sea{H3220} in multitude,{H7230} eating{H398} and drinking{H8354} and making merry.{H8056}
  • 1 Kgs 4:25 : 25 And Judah{H3063} and Israel{H3478} dwelt{H3427} safely,{H983} every man{H376} under his vine{H1612} and under his fig-tree,{H8384} from Dan{H1835} even to Beer-sheba,{H884} all the days{H3117} of Solomon.{H8010}
  • 1 Kgs 5:15 : 15 And Solomon{H8010} had threescore and ten{H7657} thousand{H505} that bare{H5375} burdens,{H5449} and fourscore{H8084} thousand{H505} that were hewers{H2672} in the mountains;{H2022}
  • 1 Kgs 9:22 : 22 But of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did Solomon{H8010} make{H5414} no bondservants;{H5650} but they were the men{H582} of war,{H4421} and his servants,{H5650} and his princes,{H8269} and his captains,{H7991} and rulers{H8269} of his chariots{H7393} and of his horsemen.{H6571}
  • 1 Kgs 12:4 : 4 Thy father{H1} made{H7185} our yoke{H5923} grievous:{H7185} now therefore make thou the grievous{H7186} service{H5656} of thy father,{H1} and his heavy{H3515} yoke{H5923} which he put{H5414} upon us, lighter,{H7043} and we will serve{H5647} thee.
  • Isa 47:6 : 6 I was wroth{H7107} with my people,{H5971} I profaned{H2490} mine inheritance,{H5159} and gave{H5414} them into thy hand:{H3027} thou didst show{H7760} them no mercy;{H7356} upon the aged{H2205} hast thou very{H3966} heavily{H3513} laid thy yoke.{H5923}
  • Matt 11:29-30 : 29 Take{G142} my{G3450} yoke{G2218} upon{G1909} you,{G5209} and{G2532} learn{G3129} of{G575} me;{G1700} for{G3754} I am{G1510} meek{G4235} and{G2532} lowly{G5011} in heart:{G2588} and{G2532} ye shall find{G2147} rest{G372} unto{G5590} your{G5216} souls.{G5590} 30 For{G1063} my{G3450} yoke{G2218} is easy,{G5543} and{G2532} my{G3450} burden{G5413} is{G2076} light.{G1645}
  • Matt 23:4 : 4 Yea,{G1063} they bind{G1195} heavy{G926} burdens{G5413} and{G2532} grievous to be borne,{G1419} and{G2532} lay{G2007} them on{G1909} men's{G444} shoulders;{G5606} but{G1161} they themselves will{G2309} not{G3756} move{G2795} them{G846} with{G1147} their{G846} finger.{G1147}
  • 1 John 5:3 : 3 For{G1063} this{G3778} is{G2076} the love{G26} of God,{G2316} that{G2443} we keep{G5083} his{G846} commandments:{G1785} and{G2532} his{G846} commandments{G1785} are{G1526} not{G3756} grievous.{G926}