2 Chronicles 10:14

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.

📖 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

• 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."

• 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.

• 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 And the young men that were brought up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you answer the people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it somewhat lighter for us; thus shall you say to them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 11 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.
• 2 Chr 22:4-5 : 4 Therefore, he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for they were his counselors after the death of his father, leading to his destruction. 5 He also followed their counsel and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.
• Prov 12:5 : 5 The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
• Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water, therefore leave off contention before it is meddled with.
• Eccl 2:19 : 19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
• Eccl 7:8 : 8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
• Eccl 10:16 : 16 Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
• Dan 6:7 : 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counselors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
• Jas 3:14-4:2 : 14 But if you have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envy and strife are, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. 1 From where do wars and fights among you come? Do they not come from your desires that war within your members? 2 You desire and do not have; you kill, and covet, and cannot obtain. You fight and war, yet you do not have because you do not ask.