^12:14and followed²⁰ the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier.²¹ My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”²²

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Footnotes

20 Heb “and spoke to them according to.”
21 Heb “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke.”
22 Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.” See the note on the same phrase in v. .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice: “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 barbed whips.”

NLTNew Living Translation

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!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He spoke to them according to the advice of the youngsters, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add onto your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

KJV 1900King James 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.

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