Translations
and followed the young men's advice instead, declaring: "My father's yoke was heavy — I will make it heavier. My father punished you with whips; I will punish you with scorpions."
and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men: "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father chastised you with whips; I will chastise you with scorpions."
And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
