2 Chronicles 10:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ ‘Your father made our yoke harsh. Therefore, lighten your father’s harsh service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Your father [King Solomon] made our yoke grievous. So now make lighter the grievous service of your father and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve you.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

Common English Bible

⁴ “Your father made our workload very heavy; if you will lessen the demands your father made of us and lighten the heavy workload he demanded from us, then we will serve you.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ "Your father pressed upon us a very difficult yoke. You should govern us more lightly than your father, who imposed on us a heavy servitude, and so lift up some of the burden, so that we may serve you."

2 Chronicles 10:4 Cross References

1 Kings 12:4

‘Your father made our yoke harsh.  You, therefore, lighten your father’s harsh service and the heavy yoke he put on us,  and we will serve you.’

1 Kings 4:20

Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea;  they were eating, drinking, and rejoicing.

1 Kings 4:25

Throughout Solomon’s reign, Judah and Israel lived in safety from Dan to Beer-sheba,  each person under his own vine and his own fig tree.

1 Kings 5:13

Then King Solomon drafted forced labourers from all Israel;  the labour force numbered thirty thousand men.

1 Kings 5:15

Solomon had seventy thousand porters and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountains,

1 Kings 9:22

But Solomon did not consign the Israelites to slavery;  they were soldiers, his servants, his commanders, his captains, and commanders of his chariots and his cavalry.

2 Chronicles 10:3

So they summoned him. Then Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam:

2 Chronicles 10:5

Rehoboam replied, ‘Return to me in three days.’ So the people left.

Exodus 2:23

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labour, they cried out,  and their cry for help because of the difficult labour ascended to God.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people; I profaned my possession, and I handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

Matthew 23:4

They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry   and put them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them.

1 John 5:3

For this is what love for God is: to keep his commands. And his commands are not a burden,