2 Chronicles 10:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

My father laid a heavy yoke on you; I will make it even heavier. My father disciplined you with whips; I will discipline you with scorpions."

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And now whereas{H6258} my father{H1} did lade{H6006} you with a heavy{H3515} yoke,{H5923} I will add{H3254} to your yoke:{H5923} my father{H1} chastised{H3256} you with whips,{H7752} but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.{H6137}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For whereas{H6258} my father{H1} put{H6006}{(H8689)} a heavy{H3515} yoke{H5923} upon you, I will put more{H3254}{(H8686)} to your yoke{H5923}: my father{H1} chastised{H3256}{(H8765)} you with whips{H7752}, but I will chastise you with scorpions{H6137}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yf my father hath layed an heuy yock vpon you, I wyl make youre yock the more. My father chastened you wt scourges, but I wyl beate you with scorpions.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Now whereas my father did burden you with a grieuous yoke, I will yet increase your yoke: my father hath chastised you with roddes, but I will correct you with scourges.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For where my father put a heauy yoke vpon you, I will put more to your yoke: My father chastised you with whyppes, but I wyll chastise you with scourges.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and now, my father laid on you a heavy yoke, and I -- I add unto your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- with scorpions.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I `will chastise you' with scorpions.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.'"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’”

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 1:13-14 : 13 The Egyptians forced the Israelites to work as slaves. 14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor, the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.
  • Exod 5:5-9 : 5 And Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working!" 6 That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people: 7 "You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw. 8 But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don't reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, 'Let us go and offer sacrifices to our God.' 9 Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies."
  • Exod 5:18 : 18 "Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks."
  • 1 Sam 8:18 : 18 On that day, you will cry out because of the king you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.
  • Isa 47:6 : 6 I was angry with My people, I profaned My heritage and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.
  • Isa 58:6 : 6 Is this not the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loosen the chains of injustice, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and to break every yoke?
  • Jer 28:13-14 : 13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, 'This is what the LORD says: You have broken wooden yokes, but in their place you have made iron yokes.' 14 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'I have placed an iron yoke on the neck of all these nations, to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control over the beasts of the field.'
  • Matt 11:29 : 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
  • Luke 10:19 : 19 Behold, I have given you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.
  • Rev 9:3 : 3 Out of the smoke, locusts came down to the earth, and they were given power like that of scorpions on the earth.
  • Rev 9:5 : 5 They were not allowed to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.
  • Rev 9:10 : 10 They had tails with stingers like scorpions, and in their tails, they had power to harm people for five months.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Kgs 12:9-14
    6 verses
    97%

    9 He asked them, "What is your advice? How should we reply to these people who have said to me, 'Lighten the yoke your father has put on us'?"

    10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, "Here is what you should tell these people who have said to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy; now lighten it for us': Tell them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist.

    11 Now, my father laid a heavy yoke on you, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips; I will discipline you with scorpions.'"

    12 Three days later, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had instructed them, saying, "Come back to me on the third day."

    13 But the king answered the people harshly, rejecting the advice given to him by the elders.

    14 He said to them, "My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father disciplined you with whips; I will discipline you with scorpions."

  • 2 Chr 10:12-14
    3 verses
    91%

    12 On the third day, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, "Come back to me in three days."

    13 The king answered them harshly. Rejecting the advice of the elders,

    14 he followed the advice of the young men and said, "My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father disciplined you with whips; I will discipline you with scorpions."

  • 2 Chr 10:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9 He asked them, "What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, 'Lighten the yoke your father put on us'?"

    10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, "Tell these people who have said to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy; now make it lighter': 'My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.'

  • 1 Kgs 12:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3 They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the entire assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam.

    4 They said to him, "Your father made our yoke heavy. Now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he placed on us, and we will serve you."

  • 2 Chr 10:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he came with all Israel. Together, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

    4 "Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke your father placed on us, and we will serve you."

  • Hos 10:10
    71%

    10 When I desire, I will discipline them, and nations will be gathered against them to bind them for their double iniquities.

  • Ps 89:32
    70%

    32 if they profane my statutes and do not keep my commandments,

  • Nah 1:12-13
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    70%

    12 This is what the Lord says: 'Although they have allies and are numerous, they will be destroyed and pass away. Although I have afflicted you, Judah, I will afflict you no more.'

    13 Now I will break their yoke from your neck and tear your shackles away.

  • Isa 10:26
    70%

    26 The LORD of Hosts will stir up a scourge against them as He did at the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and He will raise His staff over the sea as He did in Egypt.

  • 2 Sam 7:14
    69%

    14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he sins, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men.

  • 1 Kgs 11:39
    69%

    39 I will humble David’s descendants because of this, but not forever.

  • Jer 13:21
    69%

    21 What will you say when He appoints leaders over you, those you taught to be rulers? Will not pain seize you like a woman in labor?

  • Lev 26:28
    69%

    28 then I in turn will act with furious hostility against you, and I will discipline you seven times over for your sins.

  • Jer 8:17
    69%

    17 See, I am sending venomous snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you, declares the LORD.

  • Heb 12:6
    69%

    6 For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He chastises every son He accepts.

  • Lev 26:18
    68%

    18 If after all this you still do not listen to me, I will punish you seven times over for your sins.

  • Jer 27:2
    68%

    2 This is what the LORD instructed me: "Make for yourself chains and yokes, and place them on your neck.

  • Isa 10:11
    68%

    11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols as I have done to Samaria and her images?

  • Lev 26:21
    68%

    21 If you continue to walk contrary to me and are unwilling to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over as your sins deserve.

  • 1 Kgs 11:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11 So the LORD said to Solomon, 'Since this is your attitude and you have not kept My covenant and decrees, which I commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates.'

    12 'Nevertheless, for the sake of David your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son.'

  • Prov 3:11
    68%

    11 My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline, and do not be weary of His reproof.

  • Lev 26:23-24
    2 verses
    68%

    23 If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction and continue to walk contrary to me,

    24 then I too will act with hostility against you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.

  • 2 Chr 28:10-11
    2 verses
    67%

    10 And now you intend to enslave the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But aren’t you also guilty of sins against the LORD your God?

    11 Now listen to me! Send back your captives whom you have taken from your relatives, for the LORD’s fierce anger is against you.

  • Amos 2:13
    67%

    13 Behold, I am about to press you down as a cart full of sheaves presses down.

  • Deut 8:5
    67%

    5 Know then in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.

  • Isa 10:5
    67%

    5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger, in whose hands is the staff of My indignation!

  • 2 Chr 13:8
    67%

    8 And now you think you can stand firm against the kingdom of the LORD in the hands of David’s descendants because you have a great multitude and golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

  • Jer 11:11
    67%

    11 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: ‘I am bringing disaster upon them from which they cannot escape. Even though they will cry out to me, I will not listen to them.’

  • Jer 31:18
    67%

    18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s lamenting: 'You disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf. Restore me, and I will return, for you are the LORD my God.'

  • Jer 28:14
    67%

    14 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'I have placed an iron yoke on the neck of all these nations, to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control over the beasts of the field.'

  • 1 Sam 8:17
    67%

    17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

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    67%

    3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made their furrows long.

  • Jer 2:30
    67%

    30 In vain I have struck your children; they accepted no discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.

  • 1 Kgs 14:9
    66%

    9 You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have gone and made other gods and cast images to provoke Me to anger, and you have turned your back on Me.

  • Mic 2:3
    66%

    3 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'I am planning disaster against this family, from which you cannot free your necks, nor will you walk proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.'

  • Jer 27:8
    66%

    8 But any nation or kingdom that will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or place its neck under his yoke—I will punish that nation with sword, famine, and plague, declares the LORD, until I destroy it by his hand.