2 Chronicles 10:14 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁴ and spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I, I add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I with scourges!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ and spake to them after the counsel 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ and instead followed the young people’s advice. He said, “My father made your workload heavy, but I’ll make it even heavier; my father disciplined you with whips, but I’ll do it with scorpions!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And he spoke according to the will of the youths: "My father imposed a heavy yoke upon you, which I will make heavier. My father cut you with whips; truly, I will beat you with scorpions."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And he spoke according to the advice of the young men: My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, which I will make heavier. My father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.

2 Chronicles 10:14 Cross References

2 Chronicles 10:13

And the sovereign answered them harshly. Thus Sovereign Reḥaḇ‛am ignored the advice of the elders,

2 Chronicles 10:15

So the sovereign did not listen to the people, for the turn of events was from Elohim, in order for יהוה to establish His word, which He had spoken by the hand of Aḥiyahu the Shilonite to Yaroḇ‛am son of Neḇat.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are right-ruling, The counsels of the wrong are deceit.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like releasing water; Therefore stop fighting before it breaks out.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to you, O land, when your sovereign is a youth, and your rulers feast in the morning!

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether he is wise or foolish? Yet he shall rule over all my labour in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. That too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

The end of a matter is better than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Daniel 6:7

“All the governors of the reign, the nobles and viceroys, the counsellors and advisors, have consulted together to establish a royal decree and to make a strong interdict, that whoever petitions any elah or man for thirty days, except you, O sovereign, is thrown into the den of lions.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast against and lie against the truth.

Revelation 9:10

And they have tails like scorpions, and stings. And in their tails is their authority to harm men five months.

Revelation 9:3

And out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth, and authority was given to them as the scorpions of the earth possess authority.

Revelation 9:5

And it was given to them that they should not kill them, but to torture them for five months. And their torture was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings a man.