New King James Version
2 Chronicles 10:11
11And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!’ ”
2 Chronicles 10:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
- New International Version (NIV)My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.'"
- New Living Translation (NLT)Yes, 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 2 Chronicles 10:11
9And he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?” 10Then the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you should speak to the people who have spoken to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on us’—thus you shall say to them: ‘My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s waist! And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!’ ” 12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had directed, saying, “Come back to me the third day.” 13Then the king answered them roughly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders,
Read all of 2 Chronicles 102 Chronicles 10:11 word by word
וְעַתָּ֗ה אָבִי֙ הֶעְמִ֤יס עֲלֵיכֶם֙ עֹ֣ל כָּבֵ֔ד וַאֲנִ֖י אֹסִ֣יף עַֽל־עֻלְּכֶ֑ם אָבִ֗י יִסַּ֤ר אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים וַאֲנִ֖י בָּֽעֲקְרַבִּֽים׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- For whereasעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
- my fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- putעָמַס‛âmas ‛âmaώ · loadH6006
- a heavyכָּבֵדkâbêd · heavyH3515
- yokeעֹל‛ôl ‛ôl · yokeH5923
- upon you, I will put moreיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
- chastisedיָסַרyâsar · to disciplineH3256
- you with whipsשׁוֹטshôţ · whipH7752
- with scorpionsעַקְרָב‛aqrâb · scorpionH6137
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 10:11
- 2 Chronicles 10:4“Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”
- Exodus 1:13So the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with rigor.
- Exodus 5:5And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are many now, and you make them rest from their labor!”
- 1 Samuel 8:18And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the Lord will not hear you in that day.”
- Isaiah 47:6I was angry with My people; I have profaned My inheritance, And given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.
- Isaiah 58:6“Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke?
- Jeremiah 28:13“Go and tell Hananiah, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “You have broken the yokes of wood, but you have made in their place yokes of iron.”
- Matthew 11:29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- Luke 10:19Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
- Revelation 9:3Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 10:11
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-11Verses 1-11 The narrative of Kings (marginal reference) is repeated with only slight verbal differences.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11The younger counselors' words matched Rehoboam's attitude. They lacked the elders' experience but shared Rehoboam's preferences. They used metaphors and rhetoric suited for a royal court.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-152Ch 10:1-15. Rehoboam Refusing the Old Men's Good Counsel. 1. Rehoboam went to Shechem--(See on 1Ki 12:1). This chapter is, with a few verbal alterations, the same as in 1Ki 12:1-19.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 10
- 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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