1 Kings 12:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘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.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore lighten the hard service and the heavy yoke your father put upon us, and we will serve you.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

“Your father made our workload very hard for us. 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

"Your father imposed a very harsh yoke upon us. And so, you should now take away a little from the very harsh rule of your father and from his very grievous yoke, which he imposed upon us, and we will serve you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Thy father laid a grievous yoke upon us. Now therefore do thou take off a little of the grievous service of thy father, and of his most heavy yoke, which he put upon us: and we will serve thee.

1 Kings 12:4 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 12:3

But they summoned him, and Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam:

1 Kings 4:7

Solomon had twelve district governors for all Israel. They provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month out of the year.

1 Kings 9:15

This is the account of the forced labour  that King Solomon had imposed to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the supporting terraces,  the wall of Jerusalem,  and Hazor,  Megiddo,  and Gezer.

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,