2 Chronicles 10:4New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “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 (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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 (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— 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.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— 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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— '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.'
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Thy father oppressed with a most grievous yoke, do thou govern us with a lighter hand than thy father, who laid upon us a heavy servitude, and ease some thing of the burden, that we may serve thee.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Thy father made our yoke grieuous: nowe therefore make thou the grieuous seruitude of thy father, and his sore yoke, that he put vpon vs, lighter, and we will serue thee.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Thy father made our yoke grieuous, nowe therefore ease thou somewhat the grieuous seruitude of thy father, and his heauy yoke that he put vpon vs, and we will serue thee.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Your father made our yoke grievous; now therefore lighten somewhat the harsh rule of your father and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve you.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Thy father made our yoke grievous: now then abate [somewhat] of thy father's grievous rule, and of his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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. |
Thy father
1 {0001} Primeאָב'ab{awb}
A primitive word; father in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application.
made
x853 (0853) Complementאֵת'eth{ayth}
Apparently contracted from H0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely).
our yoke
5923 {5923} Primeעֹל`ol{ole}
From H5953; a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively.
grievous:
7185 {7185} Primeקָשָׁהqashah{kaw-shaw'}
A primitive root; properly to be dense, that is, tough or severe (in various applications).
z8689 <8689> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 2675
now
x6258 (6258) Complementאַתָּה`attah{at-taw'}
From H6256; at this time, whether adverbial, conjugational or expletive.
therefore ease
7043 {7043} Primeקָלַלqalal{kaw-lal'}
A primitive root; to be (causatively make) light, literally ( swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively ( easy, trifling, vile, etc.).
z8685 <8685> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 731
thou somewhat the grievous
7186 {7186} Primeקָשֶׁהqasheh{kaw-sheh'}
From H7185; severe (in various applications).
servitude
5656 {5656} Primeעֲבֹדָה`abodah{ab-o-daw'}
From H5647; work of any kind.
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
of thy father,
1 {0001} Primeאָב'ab{awb}
A primitive word; father in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application.
and his heavy
3515 {3515} Primeכָּבֵדkabed{kaw-bade'}
From H3513; heavy; figuratively in a good sense ( numerous) or in a bad sense ( severe, difficult, stupid).
yoke
5923 {5923} Primeעֹל`ol{ole}
From H5953; a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively.
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
that
x834 (0834) Complementאֲשֶׁר'asher{ash-er'}
A primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as adverb and conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
he put
5414 {5414} Primeנָתַןnathan{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application ( put, make, etc.).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
upon
x5921 (5921) Complementעַל`al{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
us, and we will serve
5647 {5647} Primeעָבַד`abad{aw-bad'}
A primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
thee. |
2 Chronicles 10:4
Grievous — It is probable, when Solomon had declined from God, that God left him to himself to act thus impolitically. |
2 Chronicles 10:4
Thy father (b) 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.
(b) That is, handled us rudely, it seems that God hardened their hearts, so that they murmured without cause, which declares also the inconstancy of the people. |
- Thy father:
1 Samuel 8:11-18 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 his chariots. ... And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
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.
Isaiah 47:6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
Matthew 11:29-30 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. ... For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.
Matthew 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.
1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
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- grievous:
Exodus 1:13-14 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: ... And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, [was] with rigour.
Exodus 2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
1 Kings 4:20 Judah and Israel [were] many, as the sand which [is] by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
1 Kings 4:25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
1 Kings 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.
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