And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
2 Chronicles 10:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The third day Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam as he had said. American Standard Version (1901) So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day. Common English Bible Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had specified when he said, “Come back in three days.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then Jeroboam, and the entire people, went to Rehoboam on the third day, just as he had instructed them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So Jeroboam and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as he commanded them. |
And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.