1 Kings 12:14 he followed the advice of the young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will sco...

12:14 NIV

逐节对照

New International Version - he followed the advice of the young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.”
新标点和合本 - 照着少年人所出的主意对民说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭！我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们！”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他照着年轻人所出的主意对他们说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭！我父亲用鞭子惩罚你们，我却要用蝎子惩罚你们！”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他照着年轻人所出的主意对他们说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭！我父亲用鞭子惩罚你们，我却要用蝎子惩罚你们！”
圣经新译本 - 却照着年轻人给他所出的主意，对他们说：“我父亲加重你们所负的重担，我要使你们负更重的重担；我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们。”
中文标准译本 - 而是照着年轻人的建议回答他们，说：“我父亲使你们的轭沉重，我要使它更重；我父亲用鞭子管教你们，我要用蝎子鞭管教你们！”
现代标点和合本 - 照着少年人所出的主意对民说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭；我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们。”
和合本（拼音版） - 照着少年人所出的主意对民说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭；我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们。”
New International Reader's Version - Instead, he followed the advice of the young men. He said, “My father put a heavy load on your shoulders. But I’ll make it even heavier. My father beat you with whips. But I’ll beat you with bigger whips.”
English Standard Version - he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”
New Living Translation - and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, “My father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”
Christian Standard Bible - and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice: “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips.”
New American Standard Bible - and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions!”
New King James Version - and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!”
Amplified Bible - and spoke to them in accordance with the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but as for me, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”
American Standard Version - and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
King James Version - And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
New English Translation - and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”
World English Bible - and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
新標點和合本 - 照着少年人所出的主意對民說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛！我父親用鞭子責打你們，我要用蠍子鞭責打你們！」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他照着年輕人所出的主意對他們說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛！我父親用鞭子懲罰你們，我卻要用蠍子懲罰你們！」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他照着年輕人所出的主意對他們說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛！我父親用鞭子懲罰你們，我卻要用蠍子懲罰你們！」
聖經新譯本 - 卻照著年輕人給他所出的主意，對他們說：“我父親加重你們所負的重擔，我要使你們負更重的重擔；我父親用鞭子責打你們，我要用蠍子鞭責打你們。”
呂振中譯本 - 反而照少年人出的主意對眾民說：『我父親使你們負的軛很重，我卻要加重你們的軛呢；我父親用鞭子責打你們，我卻要用蠍子鞭責打你們呢。』
中文標準譯本 - 而是照著年輕人的建議回答他們，說：「我父親使你們的軛沉重，我要使它更重；我父親用鞭子管教你們，我要用蠍子鞭管教你們！」
現代標點和合本 - 照著少年人所出的主意對民說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛；我父親用鞭子責打你們，我要用蠍子鞭責打你們。」
文理和合譯本 - 依少者之謀、告之曰、我父使爾負重軛、我必益之、我父責爾以鞭、我則責爾以蠍、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 乃循少者之謀、謂民曰、我父使爾負重軛、我必使爾負尤重之軛、我父以鞭責爾、我必以蠍責爾、
Nueva Versión Internacional - y siguió más bien el de los jóvenes. Les dijo: «Si mi padre les impuso un yugo pesado, ¡yo les aumentaré la carga! Si él los castigaba a ustedes con una vara, ¡yo lo haré con un látigo!»
Новый Русский Перевод - он последовал совету юношей и сказал: – Мой отец придавил вас тяжким ярмом, а я сделаю его еще тяжелее. Мой отец наказывал вас плетьми, а я буду наказывать вас скорпионами.
Восточный перевод - он последовал совету молодых людей и сказал: – Мой отец придавил вас тяжкой ношей, а я сделаю её ещё тяжелее. Мой отец наказывал вас плетьми, а я буду наказывать шипованным бичом.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - он последовал совету молодых людей и сказал: – Мой отец придавил вас тяжкой ношей, а я сделаю её ещё тяжелее. Мой отец наказывал вас плетьми, а я буду наказывать шипованным бичом.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - он последовал совету молодых людей и сказал: – Мой отец придавил вас тяжкой ношей, а я сделаю её ещё тяжелее. Мой отец наказывал вас плетьми, а я буду наказывать шипованным бичом.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il lui répondit comme les hommes jeunes le lui avaient conseillé : Mon père vous a imposé un joug pesant, leur dit-il ; et bien, moi je le rendrai encore plus pesant. Mon père vous a fait marcher à coups de fouet, moi je vous ferai marcher à coups de lanières cloutées.
Nova Versão Internacional - seguiu o conselho dos jovens e disse: “Meu pai tornou pesado o seu jugo; eu o tornarei ainda mais pesado. Meu pai os castigou com simples chicotes; eu os castigarei com chicotes pontiagudos”.
Hoffnung für alle - sondern schleuderte dem Volk die Worte an den Kopf, die ihm seine jungen Altersgenossen vorgesagt hatten: »Es stimmt, mein Vater war nicht gerade zimperlich mit euch, aber ich werde noch ganz anders mit euch umspringen! Er ließ euch mit Peitschen antreiben, ich aber werde Peitschen mit Stacheln nehmen!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - những người trẻ cố vấn: “Cha ta bắt các ngươi làm việc nặng nề, ta sẽ bắt các ngươi làm nặng nề hơn nữa. Cha ta dùng roi để trừng trị, ta sẽ dùng bò cạp!”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พระองค์ทรงทำตามคำแนะนำของพวกคนหนุ่มและตรัสว่า “เสด็จพ่อของเราวางแอกหนักให้พวกเจ้า เราจะให้หนักยิ่งขึ้นไปอีก เสด็จพ่อของเราเคยใช้แส้เฆี่ยนเจ้า ส่วนเราจะใช้แมงป่องเล่นงานเจ้า”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - กษัตริย์เรโหโบอัมพูดกับพวกเขา ตามคำปรึกษาของพวกชายหนุ่มว่า “บิดาของเราทำให้แอกของพวกท่านหนัก แต่เราจะทำให้แอกของท่านหนักยิ่งขึ้น บิดาของเราสั่งสอนท่านด้วยไม้เรียว แต่เราจะสั่งสอนท่านด้วยแมงป่อง”

交叉引用

Esther 1:16 - Then Memukan replied in the presence of the king and the nobles, “Queen Vashti has done wrong, not only against the king but also against all the nobles and the peoples of all the provinces of King Xerxes.
Esther 1:17 - For the queen’s conduct will become known to all the women, and so they will despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she would not come.’
Esther 1:18 - This very day the Persian and Median women of the nobility who have heard about the queen’s conduct will respond to all the king’s nobles in the same way. There will be no end of disrespect and discord.
Esther 1:19 - “Therefore, if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media, which cannot be repealed, that Vashti is never again to enter the presence of King Xerxes. Also let the king give her royal position to someone else who is better than she.
Esther 1:20 - Then when the king’s edict is proclaimed throughout all his vast realm, all the women will respect their husbands, from the least to the greatest.”
Esther 1:21 - The king and his nobles were pleased with this advice, so the king did as Memukan proposed.
2 Chronicles 22:4 - He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for after his father’s death they became his advisers, to his undoing.
2 Chronicles 22:5 - He also followed their counsel when he went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram;
Daniel 6:7 - The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.
Isaiah 19:11 - The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise men, a disciple of the ancient kings”?
Isaiah 19:12 - Where are your wise men now? Let them show you and make known what the Lord Almighty has planned against Egypt.
Isaiah 19:13 - The officials of Zoan have become fools, the leaders of Memphis are deceived; the cornerstones of her peoples have led Egypt astray.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.
Proverbs 13:10 - Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.
Proverbs 17:14 - Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
Proverbs 16:18 - Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 12:5 - The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
Esther 2:2 - Then the king’s personal attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king.
Esther 2:3 - Let the king appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all these beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let beauty treatments be given to them.
Esther 2:4 - Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This advice appealed to the king, and he followed it.
Exodus 1:14 - They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.
Exodus 5:5 - Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working.”
Exodus 5:6 - That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people:
Exodus 5:7 - “You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.
Exodus 5:8 - But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
Exodus 5:9 - Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.”
1 Kings 12:10 - The young men who had grown up with him replied, “These people have said to you, ‘Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter.’ Now tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
1 Kings 12:11 - 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.’ ”
Exodus 5:16 - Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”
Exodus 5:17 - Pharaoh said, “Lazy, that’s what you are—lazy! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’
Exodus 5:18 - Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.”

逐节对照

交叉引用

New International Version - he followed the advice of the young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.”
新标点和合本 - 照着少年人所出的主意对民说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭！我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们！”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他照着年轻人所出的主意对他们说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭！我父亲用鞭子惩罚你们，我却要用蝎子惩罚你们！”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他照着年轻人所出的主意对他们说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭！我父亲用鞭子惩罚你们，我却要用蝎子惩罚你们！”
圣经新译本 - 却照着年轻人给他所出的主意，对他们说：“我父亲加重你们所负的重担，我要使你们负更重的重担；我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们。”
中文标准译本 - 而是照着年轻人的建议回答他们，说：“我父亲使你们的轭沉重，我要使它更重；我父亲用鞭子管教你们，我要用蝎子鞭管教你们！”
现代标点和合本 - 照着少年人所出的主意对民说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭；我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们。”
和合本（拼音版） - 照着少年人所出的主意对民说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭；我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们。”
New International Reader's Version - Instead, he followed the advice of the young men. He said, “My father put a heavy load on your shoulders. But I’ll make it even heavier. My father beat you with whips. But I’ll beat you with bigger whips.”
English Standard Version - he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”
New Living Translation - and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, “My father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”
Christian Standard Bible - and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice: “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips.”
New American Standard Bible - and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions!”
New King James Version - and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!”
Amplified Bible - and spoke to them in accordance with the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but as for me, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”
American Standard Version - and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
King James Version - And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
New English Translation - and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”
World English Bible - and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
新標點和合本 - 照着少年人所出的主意對民說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛！我父親用鞭子責打你們，我要用蠍子鞭責打你們！」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他照着年輕人所出的主意對他們說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛！我父親用鞭子懲罰你們，我卻要用蠍子懲罰你們！」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他照着年輕人所出的主意對他們說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛！我父親用鞭子懲罰你們，我卻要用蠍子懲罰你們！」
聖經新譯本 - 卻照著年輕人給他所出的主意，對他們說：“我父親加重你們所負的重擔，我要使你們負更重的重擔；我父親用鞭子責打你們，我要用蠍子鞭責打你們。”
呂振中譯本 - 反而照少年人出的主意對眾民說：『我父親使你們負的軛很重，我卻要加重你們的軛呢；我父親用鞭子責打你們，我卻要用蠍子鞭責打你們呢。』
中文標準譯本 - 而是照著年輕人的建議回答他們，說：「我父親使你們的軛沉重，我要使它更重；我父親用鞭子管教你們，我要用蠍子鞭管教你們！」
現代標點和合本 - 照著少年人所出的主意對民說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛；我父親用鞭子責打你們，我要用蠍子鞭責打你們。」
文理和合譯本 - 依少者之謀、告之曰、我父使爾負重軛、我必益之、我父責爾以鞭、我則責爾以蠍、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 乃循少者之謀、謂民曰、我父使爾負重軛、我必使爾負尤重之軛、我父以鞭責爾、我必以蠍責爾、
Nueva Versión Internacional - y siguió más bien el de los jóvenes. Les dijo: «Si mi padre les impuso un yugo pesado, ¡yo les aumentaré la carga! Si él los castigaba a ustedes con una vara, ¡yo lo haré con un látigo!»
Новый Русский Перевод - он последовал совету юношей и сказал: – Мой отец придавил вас тяжким ярмом, а я сделаю его еще тяжелее. Мой отец наказывал вас плетьми, а я буду наказывать вас скорпионами.
Восточный перевод - он последовал совету молодых людей и сказал: – Мой отец придавил вас тяжкой ношей, а я сделаю её ещё тяжелее. Мой отец наказывал вас плетьми, а я буду наказывать шипованным бичом.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - он последовал совету молодых людей и сказал: – Мой отец придавил вас тяжкой ношей, а я сделаю её ещё тяжелее. Мой отец наказывал вас плетьми, а я буду наказывать шипованным бичом.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - он последовал совету молодых людей и сказал: – Мой отец придавил вас тяжкой ношей, а я сделаю её ещё тяжелее. Мой отец наказывал вас плетьми, а я буду наказывать шипованным бичом.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il lui répondit comme les hommes jeunes le lui avaient conseillé : Mon père vous a imposé un joug pesant, leur dit-il ; et bien, moi je le rendrai encore plus pesant. Mon père vous a fait marcher à coups de fouet, moi je vous ferai marcher à coups de lanières cloutées.
Nova Versão Internacional - seguiu o conselho dos jovens e disse: “Meu pai tornou pesado o seu jugo; eu o tornarei ainda mais pesado. Meu pai os castigou com simples chicotes; eu os castigarei com chicotes pontiagudos”.
Hoffnung für alle - sondern schleuderte dem Volk die Worte an den Kopf, die ihm seine jungen Altersgenossen vorgesagt hatten: »Es stimmt, mein Vater war nicht gerade zimperlich mit euch, aber ich werde noch ganz anders mit euch umspringen! Er ließ euch mit Peitschen antreiben, ich aber werde Peitschen mit Stacheln nehmen!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - những người trẻ cố vấn: “Cha ta bắt các ngươi làm việc nặng nề, ta sẽ bắt các ngươi làm nặng nề hơn nữa. Cha ta dùng roi để trừng trị, ta sẽ dùng bò cạp!”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พระองค์ทรงทำตามคำแนะนำของพวกคนหนุ่มและตรัสว่า “เสด็จพ่อของเราวางแอกหนักให้พวกเจ้า เราจะให้หนักยิ่งขึ้นไปอีก เสด็จพ่อของเราเคยใช้แส้เฆี่ยนเจ้า ส่วนเราจะใช้แมงป่องเล่นงานเจ้า”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - กษัตริย์เรโหโบอัมพูดกับพวกเขา ตามคำปรึกษาของพวกชายหนุ่มว่า “บิดาของเราทำให้แอกของพวกท่านหนัก แต่เราจะทำให้แอกของท่านหนักยิ่งขึ้น บิดาของเราสั่งสอนท่านด้วยไม้เรียว แต่เราจะสั่งสอนท่านด้วยแมงป่อง”

Esther 1:16 - Then Memukan replied in the presence of the king and the nobles, “Queen Vashti has done wrong, not only against the king but also against all the nobles and the peoples of all the provinces of King Xerxes.
Esther 1:17 - For the queen’s conduct will become known to all the women, and so they will despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she would not come.’
Esther 1:18 - This very day the Persian and Median women of the nobility who have heard about the queen’s conduct will respond to all the king’s nobles in the same way. There will be no end of disrespect and discord.
Esther 1:19 - “Therefore, if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media, which cannot be repealed, that Vashti is never again to enter the presence of King Xerxes. Also let the king give her royal position to someone else who is better than she.
Esther 1:20 - Then when the king’s edict is proclaimed throughout all his vast realm, all the women will respect their husbands, from the least to the greatest.”
Esther 1:21 - The king and his nobles were pleased with this advice, so the king did as Memukan proposed.
2 Chronicles 22:4 - He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for after his father’s death they became his advisers, to his undoing.
2 Chronicles 22:5 - He also followed their counsel when he went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram;
Daniel 6:7 - The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.
Isaiah 19:11 - The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise men, a disciple of the ancient kings”?
Isaiah 19:12 - Where are your wise men now? Let them show you and make known what the Lord Almighty has planned against Egypt.
Isaiah 19:13 - The officials of Zoan have become fools, the leaders of Memphis are deceived; the cornerstones of her peoples have led Egypt astray.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.
Proverbs 13:10 - Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.
Proverbs 17:14 - Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
Proverbs 16:18 - Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 12:5 - The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
Esther 2:2 - Then the king’s personal attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king.
Esther 2:3 - Let the king appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all these beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let beauty treatments be given to them.
Esther 2:4 - Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This advice appealed to the king, and he followed it.
Exodus 1:14 - They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.
Exodus 5:5 - Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working.”
Exodus 5:6 - That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people:
Exodus 5:7 - “You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.
Exodus 5:8 - But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
Exodus 5:9 - Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.”
1 Kings 12:10 - The young men who had grown up with him replied, “These people have said to you, ‘Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter.’ Now tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
1 Kings 12:11 - 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.’ ”
Exodus 5:16 - Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”
Exodus 5:17 - Pharaoh said, “Lazy, that’s what you are—lazy! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’
Exodus 5:18 - Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.”