2 Chronicles 10:14

What does 2 Chronicles 10:14 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 10:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But gave them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and speaketh unto them according to the counsel of the lads, saying, `My father made your yoke heavy, and I--I add unto it; my father chastised you with whips, and I--with scorpions.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he spoke according to the advice of the young men: My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, which I will make heavier: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.

Context

v.13And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

v.14This passage

v.15So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was brought about of God, that Jehovah might establish his word, which he spake by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ecclesiastes 10:16

    Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

  • Proverbs 17:14

    The beginning of strife isas when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

  • James 3:14

    But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:19

    And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:8

    Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

  • Daniel 6:7

    All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counsellors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

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