Verse 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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han talte til dem slik de unge menn hadde rådet og sa: 'Min far gjorde deres åk tungt, men jeg vil gjøre det enda tyngre. Min far pisket dere med pisker, men jeg vil straffe dere med skorpioner.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han talte til dem etter de unges råd: 'Min far gjorde deres åk tungt, men jeg vil legge til deres åk; min far tukter dere med pisker, men jeg vil tukte dere med skorpioner.'

• Norsk King James

  Og han talte til dem i henhold til rådet fra de unge mennene og sa: Min far gjorde deres åk tungt, og jeg vil pålegge dere enda flere byrder: min far tukte dere med pisker, men jeg vil tukte dere med skorpioner.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han fulgte det rådet de unge ga og sa: 'Min far gjorde deres åk tungt, men jeg vil gjøre det enda tyngre. Min far tuktet dere med pisk, men jeg vil tukte dere med skorpioner.'

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han talte til dem etter de unges råd og sa: "Min far gjorde deres åk tungt, men jeg vil gjøre det enda tyngre. Min far revset dere med pisker, men jeg vil revse dere med skorpioner."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han talte til dem etter rådet fra de unge mennene, og sa: Min far gjorde deres åk tungt, men jeg vil legge enda mer til deres åk. Min far tuktet dere med pisker, men jeg vil tukte dere med skorpioner.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han talte til dem etter de unge mennenes råd og sa: «Faren deres gjorde åkken deres tung, og jeg vil legge til ytterligere på den. Faren deres slo dere med piskeslag, men jeg vil straffe dere med skorpioner.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Han talte til dem etter rådet fra de unge mennene, og sa: Min far gjorde deres åk tungt, men jeg vil legge enda mer til deres åk. Min far tuktet dere med pisker, men jeg vil tukte dere med skorpioner.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han talte til dem etter de unge mennene råd: Min far gjorde deres åk tungt, men jeg vil gjøre det enda tyngre. Min far tukte dere med pisker, men jeg vil tukte dere med skorpioner.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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."

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "1 Kings.12.14", "source": "וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כַּעֲצַ֤ת הַיְלָדִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אָבִי֙ הִכְבִּ֣יד אֶֽת־עֻלְּכֶ֔ם וַאֲנִ֖י אֹסִ֣יף עַֽל־עֻלְּכֶ֑ם אָבִ֗י יִסַּ֤ר אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים וַאֲנִ֕י אֲיַסֵּ֥ר אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃", "text": "And *wayedabbēr* to-them according-to-the-*ʿaṣat* the-*yelādîm* *lēʾmōr*: My-father *hikbîd* your-*ʿullekem*, and-I *ʾōsîp* upon-your-*ʿullekem*; my-father *yissar* you with-the-*šôṭîm*, and-I *ʾayassēr* you with-the-*ʿaqrabbîm*.", "grammar": { "*wayedabbēr*": "consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular of דבר - and he spoke", "*ʿaṣat*": "construct noun, feminine singular - counsel of", "*yelādîm*": "noun, masculine plural - young men", "*lēʾmōr*": "preposition ל + qal infinitive construct of אמר - saying", "*hikbîd*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular of כבד - made heavy", "*ʿullekem*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your yoke", "*ʾōsîp*": "hiphil imperfect, 1st singular of יסף - I will add", "*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" }, "variants": { "*wayedabbēr*": "and he spoke/said/told", "*ʿaṣat*": "counsel/advice", "*yelādîm*": "young men/youths/boys", "*hikbîd*": "made heavy/burdened/oppressed", "*ʿullekem*": "your yoke/your burden", "*ʾōsîp*": "I will add/increase", "*yissar*": "disciplined/chastised/punished", "*šôṭîm*": "whips/lashes", "*ʾayassēr*": "I will discipline/chastise/punish", "*ʿaqrabbîm*": "scorpions/scourges/barbed whips" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han fulgte de unge menns råd og svarte: «Min far gjorde åket deres tungt; jeg vil gjøre det enda tyngre. Min far tukte dere med pisker, og jeg vil tukte dere med skorpioner.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han talede til dem efter de Unges Raad og sagde: Min Fader gjorde eders Aag svart, men jeg, jeg vil lægge til over eders Aag; min Fader tugtede eder med Svøber, men jeg, jeg vil tugte eder med Skorpioner.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And spake to them after 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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han talte til dem etter de unge mennenes råd og sa: Min far gjorde deres åk tungt, men jeg vil gjøre det enda tyngre. Min far tukte dere med pisker, men jeg vil tukte dere med skorpioner.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han talte til dem etter de unge mennenes råd og sa: Min far gjorde deres åk tungt, men jeg vil legge til deres åk. Min far tukte dere med pisker, men jeg vil tukte dere med skorpioner.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men han talte til dem etter de unge menns råd og sa: 'Min far gjorde deres åk tungt, jeg vil legge mer til åket deres. Min far tukte dere med pisker, men jeg vil tukte dere med skorpioner.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han talte til dem etter de unge menns råd og sa: Min far la et tungt åk på dere, men jeg vil legge enda mer til åket deres. Min far tukte dere med pisker, men jeg vil tukte dere med skorpioner.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men han svarte dem etter de unges råd og sa: Min far gjorde deres åk tungt, men jeg vil gjøre det enda tyngre. Min far tukket dere med pisker, men jeg vil tukte dere med skorpioner.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and talked with them after the councell of the yonge men, and sayde: My father made youre yock sore, but I wyll make it yet sorer vpon you. My father correcte you with scourges, but I wil nourtoure you with scorpios.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And spake to them after the counsell of the yong men, saying, My father made your yoke grieuous, and I will make your yoke more grieuous: my father hath chastised you with rods, but I will correct you with scourges.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yocke greeuous, and I will make it greeuouser: My father also chastised you with roddes, but I will chastise you with scourges.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And spake to them after 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.

• 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 to your yoke: 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 add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- I 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 to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But giving 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 according to the counsel of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. 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

• 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 5:16-18 : 16 There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, Make bricks: and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people. 17 But he said, You are idle, you are idle: therefore you say, Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord. 18 Go therefore now, and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the quota of bricks.
• 1 Kgs 12:10-11 : 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.
• 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.
• Esth 1:16-21 : 16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, 'Queen Vashti has not only wronged the king but also all the princes and all the people who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. 17 For the queen's actions shall be made known to all women, so that they will despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, 18 Likewise, shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day to all the king's princes who have heard of the queen's action. Thus, there shall arise much contempt and wrath. 19 If it pleases the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it shall not be altered, that Vashti shall no more come before King Ahasuerus, and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she. 20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire (for it is great), all the wives shall give to their husbands honor, both to great and small. 21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan.
• Esth 2:2-4 : 2 Then the king's servants who served him said, "Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king." 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, under the custody of Hegai the king's eunuch, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them. 4 And let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
• Prov 12:5 : 5 The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
• Prov 13:10 : 10 By pride comes only contention, but with the well advised is wisdom.
• Prov 16:18 : 18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
• 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 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.
• Isa 19:11-13 : 11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh has become brutish. How can you say to Pharaoh, 'I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?' 12 Where are they? Where are your wise men? Let them tell you now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt. 13 The princes of Zoan are become fools; the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they who are the foundation of its tribes.
• 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.
• Exod 1:14 : 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.