1 Kings 12:14

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.

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

he addressed them according to the advice of the young men and said, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke! My father controlled you with whips, but I will control you with scorpions!"

and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

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.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Kings 12:10 (4 votes)

    And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou [it] lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little [finger] shall be thicker than my father's loins.

  • 1 Kings 12:11 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Exodus 5:5 (4 votes)

    And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

  • Exodus 5:9 (4 votes)

    Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

  • Exodus 5:16 (4 votes)

    There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants [are] beaten; but the fault [is] in thine own people.

  • Exodus 5:18 (4 votes)

    Go therefore now, [and] work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

  • 2 Chronicles 22:4 (2 votes)

    Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.