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.
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child or a servant and when your officials feast in the morning! American Standard Version (1901) Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! Common English Bible Too bad for you, land, whose king is a boy and whose princes feast in the morning. Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to you, the land whose king is a boy, and whose princes consume in the morning. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning. |
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 there were gathered unto him vain men, sons of Belial, which strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them.
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:
Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three mouths in Jerusalem.
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor: But he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
The labour of fools wearieth every one of them, for he knoweth not how to go to the city.
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
O house of David, thus saith the LORD, Execute judgement in the morning, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.