Translations
Modern
He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
Traditional
And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
Literal
And he said to them, “What do you counsel, and how should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten from the yoke that your father gave to us’?”
Latin
Dixitque ad eos: Quid vobis videtur? vel respondere quid debeo populo huic, qui dixit mihi: Subleva jugum quod imposuit nobis pater tuus?
Original
Hebrew
English
He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’ ?”
Notes
Theme notes and profiles
Parallels
Glossary
Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Jehoram Yoke
Topics
Candidate: Refuses to Make Promises Kings: Who Reigned Over all Israel: Rehoboam (First Part of his Reign) Rehoboam: Refuses to Reform Abuses Rulers: Wicked: Rehoboam, Making the Yoke Heavy