Christian Standard Bible
2 Chronicles 10:14
14and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I, with barbed whips.”
2 Chronicles 10:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)he followed the advice of the young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)King Rehoboam spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions."
- New King James Version (NKJV)and he spoke to them according to 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 scourges!”
Context of 2 Chronicles 10:14
12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered, saying, “Return to me on the third day.” 13Then the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the elders’ advice and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I, with barbed whips.” 15The king did not listen to the people because the turn of events came from God, in order that the Lord might carry out his word that he had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat. 16When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people answered the king: What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Israel, each to your tent; David, look after your own house now! So all Israel went to their tents.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 102 Chronicles 10:14 word by word
וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם כַּעֲצַ֤ת הַיְלָדִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אַכְבִּיד֙ אֶֽת־עֻלְּכֶ֔ם וַאֲנִ֖י אֹסִ֣יף עָלָ֑יו אָבִ֗י יִסַּ֤ר אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים וַאֲנִ֖י בָּעֲקְרַבִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And answeredדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- them after the adviceעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
- of the young menיֶ֫לֶדyeled · youthH3206
- sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- My fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- made your yokeעֹל‛ôl ‛ôl · yokeH5923
- heavyכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: heavyH3513
- but I will addיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
- thereto: my fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- chastisedיָסַרyâsar · to disciplineH3256
- you with whipsשׁוֹטshôţ · whipH7752
- with scorpionsעַקְרָב‛aqrâb · scorpionH6137
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 10:14
- 2 Chronicles 22:4So he did what was evil in the Lord’s sight like the house of Ahab, for they were his advisers after the death of his father, to his destruction.
- Proverbs 12:5The thoughts of the righteous are just, but guidance from the wicked is deceitful.
- Daniel 6:7All the administrators of the kingdom — the prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors — have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an edict that, for thirty days, anyone who petitions any god or man except you, the king, will be thrown into the lions’ den.
- 2 Kings 10:10Know, then, that not a word the Lord spoke against the house of Ahab will fail, for the Lord has done what he promised through his servant Elijah.”
- Proverbs 17:14To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.
- Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will take over all my work that I labored at skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 7:8The end of a matter is better than its beginning; a patient spirit is better than a proud spirit.
- Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to you, land, when your king is a youth and your princes feast in the morning.
- James 3:14But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and deny the truth.
- James 4:1What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from your passions that wage war within you?
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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