2 Chronicles 10:4
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New American Standard Bible

“Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

King James Version

Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

Holman Bible

“Your father made our yoke difficult. Therefore, lighten your father’s harsh service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

International Standard Version

"Your father made our burdens unbearable. Therefore you must lighten your father's requirements and his heavy burden that he placed on us, and we'll serve you."

A Conservative Version

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.

American Standard Version

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

“Your father [King Solomon] made our yoke hard (heavy, difficult); so now lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

Bible in Basic English

Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.

Darby Translation

Thy father made our yoke grievous; and now lighten the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

Julia Smith Translation

Thy father hardened our yoke: and now lighten from the hard servitude of thy father, and from his heavy yoke which he gave upon us, and we will serve thee.

King James 2000

Your father made our yoke heavy: now therefore ease you somewhat the heavy service of your father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Your father made our yoke heavy. Now, therefore, lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve you."

Modern King James verseion

Your father made our yoke heavy. And now lighten the heavy service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Thy father made us a grievous yoke: but remit thou somewhat of the grievous service of thy father and of his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee."

NET Bible

"Your father made us work too hard! Now if you lighten the demands he made and don't make us work as hard, we will serve you."

New Heart English Bible

"Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you."

The Emphasized Bible

Thy father, made our yoke oppressive, - now, therefore, lighten thou somewhat the oppressive servitude of thy father and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

Webster

Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

World English Bible

"Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you."

Youngs Literal Translation

Thy father made our yoke sharp, and now, make light somewhat of the sharp service of thy father, and of his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.'

Themes

Candidate » Refuses to make promises

Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Rehoboam (first part of his reign)

Rehoboam » Refuses to reform abuses

Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » Rehoboam, making the yoke heavy

Solomon » Oppressions of

Topics

Yokes

Approval To Kill Oneself

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Thy father
H1
אב 
'ab 
father, chief, families, desire, fatherless , forefathers , patrimony, prince, principal
Usage: 1214

made our yoke
H5923
עול על 
`ol 
yoke
Usage: 40

grievous
H7185
קשׁה 
Qashah 
harden, hard, stiffnecked , grievous,
Usage: 28

now therefore ease
H7043
קלל 
Qalal 
curse, swifter, light thing, vile, lighter, despise, abated, ease, light, lighten, slightly,
Usage: 82

thou somewhat the grievous
H7186
קשׁה 
Qasheh 
stiffnecked , hard, roughly, cruel, grievous, sore, churlish, hardhearted, heavy,
Usage: 36

servitude
H5656
עבודה עבדה 
`abodah 
service, servile, work, bondage, act, serve, servitude, tillage, effect, labour,
Usage: 146

of thy father
H1
אב 
'ab 
father, chief, families, desire, fatherless , forefathers , patrimony, prince, principal
Usage: 1214

and his heavy
H3515
כּבד 
Kabed 
great, grievous, heavy, sore, hard, much, slow, hardened, heavier, laden, thick
Usage: 40

yoke
H5923
עול על 
`ol 
yoke
Usage: 40

that he put
H5414
נתן 
Nathan 
give, put, deliver, made, set, up, lay, grant, suffer, yield, bring, cause, utter, laid, send, recompense, appoint, shew,
Usage: 2011

upon us, and we will serve
H5647
עבד 
`abad 
serve, do, till, servant, work, worshippers, service, dress, labour, ear,
Usage: 288

Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 10:4

Verse Info

Context Readings

Rehoboam's Debacle

3 So they sent and summoned him. When Jeroboam and all Israel came, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying, 4 “Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.” 5 He said to them, “Return to me again in three days.” So the people departed.


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Cross References

Exodus 1:13-14

The Egyptians compelled the sons of Israel to labor rigorously;

Exodus 2:23

Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage rose up to God.

1 Samuel 8:11-18

He said, “This will be the procedure of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and place them for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots.

1 Kings 4:20

Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

1 Kings 4:25

So Judah and Israel lived in safety, every man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

1 Kings 5:15

Now Solomon had 70,000 transporters, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains,

1 Kings 9:22

But Solomon did not make slaves of the sons of Israel; for they were men of war, his servants, his princes, his captains, his chariot commanders, and his horsemen.

1 Kings 12:4

“Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

Isaiah 47:6

“I was angry with My people,
I profaned My heritage
And gave them into your hand.
You did not show mercy to them,
On the aged you made your yoke very heavy.

Matthew 11:29-30

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 23:4

They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger.

1 John 5:3

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.

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