2 Chronicles 10:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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."

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם כַּעֲצַ֤ת הַיְלָדִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אַכְבִּיד֙ אֶֽת־עֻלְּכֶ֔ם וַאֲנִ֖י אֹסִ֣יף עָלָ֑יו אָבִ֗י יִסַּ֤ר אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים וַאֲנִ֖י בָּעֲקְרַבִּֽים׃

Transliteration

wa-yədabbēr to-them according-to-ʿăṣat the-yəlādîm lēmōr ʾakbîd ʾet-ʿulləkem and-I ʾōsîp upon-it ʾābî yissar you with-the-šôṭîm and-I with-the-ʿaqrabbîm

Grammar Details

• *wa-yədabbēr*: conjunction + piel imperfect 3ms - and he spoke
• *ʿăṣat*: noun, feminine singular construct - counsel of
• *yəlādîm*: noun, masculine plural + definite article - the young men
• *lēmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying
• *ʾakbîd*: hiphil imperfect 1cs - I will make heavy
• *ʿulləkem*: noun, masculine singular construct + 2mp suffix - your yoke
• *ʾōsîp*: hiphil imperfect 1cs - I will add
• *ʾābî*: noun, masculine singular construct + 1cs suffix - my father
• *yissar*: piel perfect 3ms - he disciplined
• *šôṭîm*: noun, masculine plural + definite article - the whips
• *ʿaqrabbîm*: noun, masculine plural + definite article - the scorpions

Word Meanings

• *ʾakbîd*: I will make heavy/increase/make severe
• *ʾōsîp*: I will add/increase/continue
• *yissar*: disciplined/chastised/punished
• *šôṭîm*: whips/lashes/ordinary whips
• *ʿaqrabbîm*: scorpions/scorpion whips/barbed whips

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and spake{H1696} to them after the counsel{H6098} of the young men,{H3206} saying,{H559} My father{H1} made your yoke{H5923} heavy,{H3513} but I will add{H3254} thereto: my father{H1} chastised{H3256} you with whips,{H7752} but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.{H6137}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And answered{H1696}{(H8762)} them after the advice{H6098} of the young men{H3206}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, My father{H1} made your yoke{H5923} heavy{H3513}{(H8689)}, but I will add{H3254}{(H8686)} thereto: my father{H1} chastised{H3256}{(H8765)} you with whips{H7752}, but I will chastise you with scorpions{H6137}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & spake vnto the after ye yonge mens councell, & sayde: Yf my father haue made yor yock to heuy, I wil make it yet heuyer. My father chastened you wt scourges, but I wyl beate you wt scorpios.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And spake to them after ye counsell of the yong men, saying, My father made your yoke grieuous, but I wil incease it: my father chastised you with rods, but I will correct you with scourges.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And aunswered them after the aduise of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke greeuous, and I wyll adde thereto: my father chastised you with whyppes, but I wyll chastise you with scourges.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and speaketh unto them according to the counsel of the lads, saying, `My father made your yoke heavy, and I -- I add unto it; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- with scorpions.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I `will chastise you' with scorpions.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But gave them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said,“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

• 2 Chr 10:10-11 : 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.' 11 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."
• 2 Chr 22:4-5 : 4 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab, for they were his advisers after his father's death, leading to his ruin. 5 Following their counsel, he went with Jehoram son of Ahab, king of Israel, to fight against Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-Gilead, where the Arameans wounded Jehoram.
• Prov 12:5 : 5 The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
• Prov 17:14 : 14 Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; so stop the dispute before it breaks out.
• Eccl 2:19 : 19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will rule over all the fruit of my labor that I have worked for under the sun. This too is meaningless.
• Eccl 7:8 : 8 The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.
• Eccl 10:16 : 16 Woe to you, O land, whose king is a youth and whose princes feast in the morning.
• Dan 6:7 : 7 So the administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said to him, 'King Darius, may you live forever!
• Jas 3:14-4:2 : 14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and deny the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 16 For where there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and every evil practice. 17 But the wisdom that comes from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and sincere. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. 1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within your body parts? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.