1 Kings 12:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And now, whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֗ה אָבִי֙ הֶעְמִ֤יס עֲלֵיכֶם֙ עֹ֣ל כָּבֵ֔ד וַאֲנִ֖י אוֹסִ֣יף עַֽל־עֻלְּכֶ֑ם אָבִ֗י יִסַּ֤ר אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים וַאֲנִ֕י אֲיַסֵּ֥ר אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃

Transliteration

And-ʿattāh, my-father heʿemîs upon-you ʿōl kāḇēd, and-I ʾôsîp upon-your-ʿullekem; my-father yissar you with-the-šôṭîm, and-I ʾayassēr you with-the-ʿaqrabbîm.

Grammar Details

• *ʿattāh*: adverb - now
• *heʿemîs*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular of עמס - loaded/burdened
• *ʿōl*: noun, masculine singular - yoke
• *kāḇēd*: adjective, masculine singular - heavy
• *ʾôsîp*: hiphil imperfect, 1st singular of יסף - I will add
• *ʿullekem*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your yoke
• *yissar*: piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular of יסר - disciplined/chastised
• *šôṭîm*: noun, masculine plural - whips
• *ʾayassēr*: piel imperfect, 1st singular of יסר - I will discipline/chastise
• *ʿaqrabbîm*: noun, masculine plural - scorpions/scourges

Word Meanings

• *ʿattāh*: now/at this time
• *heʿemîs*: loaded/burdened/laid upon
• *ʿōl*: yoke/burden
• *kāḇēd*: heavy/burdensome/severe
• *ʾôsîp*: I will add/increase
• *yissar*: disciplined/chastised/punished
• *šôṭîm*: whips/lashes
• *ʾayassēr*: I will discipline/chastise/punish
• *ʿaqrabbîm*: scorpions/scourges/barbed whips

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.'"

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And now whereas 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{H3256} you with scorpions.{H6137}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And now whereas my father{H1} did lade{H6006}{(H8689)} you with a heavy{H3515} yoke{H5923}, I will add{H3254}{(H8686)} to your yoke{H5923}: my father{H1} hath chastised{H3256}{(H8765)} you with whips{H7752}, but I will chastise{H3256}{(H8762)} you with scorpions{H6137}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now, my father layed a sore yock vpon you, but I wyl yet laye more theron: My father correcte you with scourges, but I wyl nourtoure you with scorpions.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Now where as my father did burden you with a grieuous yoke, I will yet make your yoke heauier: my father hath chastised you with rods, but I will correct you with scourges.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And nowe where as my father did lade you & put a greeuous yocke vpon you, I will make it heauier: My father hath chastised you with roddes, but I will correct you with scourges.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath 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 add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- I 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.

• 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 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with rigor: 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, which they made them serve, was with rigor.
• Exod 5:5-9 : 5 And Pharaoh said, Look, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens. 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying, 7 You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks as before: let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 And the quota of bricks, which they made before, you shall lay upon them; you shall not diminish anything from it: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 9 Let more work be laid upon the men, so they may labor in it; and let them not regard lying words.
• Exod 5:18 : 18 Go therefore now, and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the quota of bricks.
• 1 Sam 8:18 : 18 And you shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
• 1 Kgs 12:14 : 14 and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke; my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
• 2 Chr 16:10 : 10 Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
• Isa 58:6 : 6 Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
• Jer 27:11 : 11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those I will let remain still in their own land, says the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
• Jer 28:13-14 : 13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says the LORD; You have broken the yokes of wood; but you shall make for them yokes of iron. 14 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
• Ezek 2:6 : 6 And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you dwell among scorpions: do not be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
• Rev 9:3-9 : 3 And out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and to them was given power, like the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 And it was commanded them that they should not harm the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. 6 And in those days men will seek death and will not find it, and will desire to die, and death will flee from them. 7 The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for battle, and on their heads were crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. 8 They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions. 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running to battle. 10 They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails; and their power was to harm men for five months.