1 Kings 12:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁴ and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice: ‘My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ And spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; he 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 to your yoke: 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 to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: "My father weighed down your yoke, but I will add more to your yoke. My father cut you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke heavy; but I will add to your yoke. My father beat you with whips; but I will beat you with scorpions.

1 Kings 12:14 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 12:13

Then the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice the elders had given him

Exodus 1:13

They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

Exodus 1:14

and made their lives bitter with difficult labour in brick and mortar and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just, but guidance from the wicked is deceitful.

Proverbs 13:10

Arrogance leads to nothing but strife, but wisdom is gained by those who take advice.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 17:14

To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

Proverbs 5:13

I didn’t obey my teachers or listen closely  to my instructors.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

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

Daniel 6:7

All the administrators of the kingdom   #– #the prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors #– #have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an edict that, for thirty days, anyone who petitions any god or man except you, the king, will be thrown into the lions’ den.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and deny the truth.