1 Kings 12:11
Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Now my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’”
And 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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- I will add
- Exodus 1:13, 14; Exodus 5:5–9, 18; 1 Samuel 8:18; 2 Chronicles 16:10; Isaiah 58:6; Jeremiah 27:11; Jeremiah 28:13, 14
- scorpions
- 1 Kings 12:14; Ezekiel 2:6; Revelation 9:3–10