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1 Kings 12:11
New International Version
1 Kings 12:11
New International Version
11 My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
1 Kings 12:11
King James Version
1 Kings 12:11
King James Version
11 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.
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1 Kings 12:11
English Standard Version
1 Kings 12:11
English Standard Version
11 And now, whereas (A)my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”
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1 Kings 12:11
New King James Version
1 Kings 12:11
New King James Version
11 And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with [a]scourges!’ ”
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- 1 Kings 12:11 Scourges with points or barbs, lit. scorpions
1 Kings 12:11
New American Standard Bible
1 Kings 12:11
New American Standard Bible
11 Now then, my father loaded you with a heavy yoke; yet I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with [a]scorpions!’”
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- 1 Kings 12:11 Prob. a brutal type of whip
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