2 Chronicles 10:11

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.

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Other Translations

  • 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."

  • 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.

  • 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 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.
  • Isa 47:6 : 6 I was angry with My people, I have defiled My inheritance and given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; upon the elderly you have laid your yoke very heavily.
  • 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 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.
  • Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest for your souls.
  • Luke 10:19 : 19 Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
  • Rev 9:3 : 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.
  • Rev 9:5 : 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.
  • Rev 9:10 : 10 They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails; and their power was to harm men for five months.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    9 and he said to them, What counsel do you give that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which your father put upon us lighter?

    10 And the young men that had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you speak to this people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter for us; thus shall you say to them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's waist.

    11 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.

    12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.

    13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men that they gave him,

    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.

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    12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had said, Come again to me on the third day.

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    9 And he said to them, What advice do you give that we may return an answer to this people who have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that your father did put upon us?

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    3 that they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

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