1 Kings 12:4
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.
KJV
Pater tuus durissimum jugum imposuit nobis : tu itaque nunc imminue paululum de imperio patris tui durissimo, et de jugo gravissimo quod imposuit nobis, et serviemus tibi.
Vulgate
Ὁ πατήρ σου ἐβάρυνεν τὸν κλοιὸν ἡμῶν· καὶ σὺ νῦν κούφισον ἀπὸ τῆς δουλείας τοῦ πατρός σου τῆς σκληρᾶς καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ κλοιοῦ αὐτοῦ τοῦ βαρέως οὗ ἔδωκεν ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς, καὶ δουλεύσομέν σοι.
LXX
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.
ASV
אָבִ֖י/ךָ הִקְשָׁ֣ה אֶת עֻלֵּ֑/נוּ וְ/אַתָּ֡ה עַתָּ֣ה הָקֵל֩ מֵ/עֲבֹדַ֨ת אָבִ֜י/ךָ הַ/קָּשָׁ֗ה וּ/מֵ/עֻלּ֧/וֹ הַ/כָּבֵ֛ד אֲשֶׁר נָתַ֥ן עָלֵ֖י/נוּ וְ/נַעַבְדֶֽ/ךָּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1John 5:3 — For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
- 1Kgs 4:7 — And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
- 1Kgs 4:20 — Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
- 1Kgs 9:15 — And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
- 1Kgs 9:22 — But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
- 1Sam 8:11 — And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before hi
- 2Chr 10:4 — 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.
- 2Chr 10:4 — 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.
- Matt 11:29 — Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
- Matt 23:4 — For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.