2 Chronicles 10:10
2 Chronicles chapter 10 · verse 10 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.
Context
v.9And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?
v.10This passage
v.11And 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 13:16
Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth his folly.
- Isaiah 19:11
The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
- 2 Samuel 17:7
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given this time is not good.
- Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.
- Proverbs 10:14
Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.
- Proverbs 18:6
A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.