And now my father loaded upon you a heavy yoke, and I will add upon your yoke: my father chastised you with whips and I will chastise you with scorpions.
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 Wo! to thee, O land: thy king a youth, and thy chiefs will eat in the morning. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 my father loaded upon you a heavy yoke, and I will add upon your yoke: my father chastised you with whips and I will chastise you with scorpions.
And vain men will gather together to him, sons of Belial; and they will strengthen themselves against Rehoboam son of Solomon; and Rehoboam being young and tender of heart, and he was not strong before them.
The son of twenty and one years was Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years reigned he in Jerusalem.
The son of three and twenty years was Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months reigned he in Jerusalem.
The son of twenty and five years was Jehoiakim in his reigning, and eleven years reigned he in Jerusalem: and he will do evil in the eyes of Jehovah his God.
The son of eight years was Jehoiachin in his reigning, and three months and ten days reigned he in Jerusalem: and he will do the evil in the eyes of Jehovah.
A prince wanting understanding and great in oppressions: he hating gain shall lengthen the days.
The labor of the foolish will weary them, because he knew not to go to the city.
My people, their tyrants from children, and women ruled over them. My people, they calling thee happy, causing to err; they destroyed the way of thy paths.
O house of David, thus said Jehovah, Judge judgment for the morning, and deliver him taken by force from the hand of him oppressing, lest my wrath shall go forth as fire, and burn, and none quenching from the face of the evil of your doings.