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2 Chronicles 10:14

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10:14and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you;17 I will make them even heavier.18 My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”19

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  1. 17 The Hebrew text reads, “I will make heavy your yoke,” but many medieval Hebrew and other ancient textual witnesses have, “my father made heavy your yoke.”
  2. 18 Heb “but I will add to your yoke.”
  3. 19 Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I [will punish you] with scorpions.” “Scorpions” might allude to some type of torture, but more likely it refers to a type of whip that inflicts an especially biting, painful wound.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.”

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, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I, 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

And he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “I will make your yoke heavy, and I myself will add to it. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will do so with scorpions.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.