English Standard Version
1 Kings 12:14
14he 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 disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions."
1 Kings 12:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- 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.”
- 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 your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!”
- New Living Translation (NLT)and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, “My father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”
Context of 1 Kings 12:14
12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, "Come to me again the third day." 13And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him, he 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 disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions." 15So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of affairs brought about by the Lord that he might fulfill his word, which the Lord spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 16And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, "What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David." So Israel went to their tents.
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וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כַּעֲצַ֤ת הַיְלָדִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אָבִי֙ הִכְבִּ֣יד אֶֽת־עֻלְּכֶ֔ם וַאֲנִ֖י אֹסִ֣יף עַֽל־עֻלְּכֶ֑ם אָבִ֗י יִסַּ֤ר אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים וַאֲנִ֕י אֲיַסֵּ֥ר אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- to them after the counselעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
- of the young menיֶ֫לֶדyeled · youthH3206
- sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- My fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- madeכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: heavyH3513
- your yokeעֹל‛ôl ‛ôl · yokeH5923
- heavyכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: heavyH3513
- and I will addיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
- chastisedיָסַרyâsar · to disciplineH3256
- you with whipsשׁוֹטshôţ · whipH7752
- you with scorpionsעַקְרָב‛aqrâb · scorpionH6137
Cross-references for 1 Kings 12:14
- 2 Chronicles 22:4He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done. For after the death of his father they were his counselors, to his undoing.
- Esther 1:16Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, "Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.
- Esther 2:2Then the king's young men who attended him said, "Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king.
- Proverbs 12:5The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
- Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings"?
- Daniel 6:7All the high officials of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an injunction, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
- 1 Kings 12:10And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, "Thus shall you speak to this people who said to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us,' thus shall you say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's thighs.
- Proverbs 13:10By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
- Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
- Ecclesiastes 7:8Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
- James 3:14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
- James 4:1What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at 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
- 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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