1 Kings 12:14 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 w...

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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.”
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 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.”
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.”
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 Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.
Esther 1:17 - For the queen’s behavior will be made known to all women, causing them to look at their husbands with contempt, since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.’
Esther 1:18 - This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s behavior will say the same to all the king’s officials, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty.
Esther 1:19 - If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.
Esther 1:20 - So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, for it is vast, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.”
Esther 1:21 - This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed.
2 Chronicles 22:4 - He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done. For after the death of his father they were his counselors, to his undoing.
2 Chronicles 22:5 - He even followed their counsel and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to make war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead. And the Syrians wounded Joram,
Daniel 6:7 - All the high officials of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an injunction, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
Isaiah 19:11 - The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?
Isaiah 19:12 - Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you that they might know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
Isaiah 19:13 - The princes of Zoan have become fools, and the princes of Memphis are deluded; those who are the cornerstones of her tribes have made Egypt stagger.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Proverbs 13:10 - By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
Proverbs 17:14 - The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Proverbs 16:18 - Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 12:5 - The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Esther 2:2 - Then the king’s young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king.
Esther 2:3 - And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them.
Esther 2:4 - And let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so.
Exodus 1:14 - and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.
Exodus 5:5 - And Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens!”
Exodus 5:6 - The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen,
Exodus 5:7 - “You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Exodus 5:8 - But the number of bricks that they made in the past you shall impose on them, you shall by no means reduce it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’
Exodus 5:9 - Let heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words.”
1 Kings 12:10 - And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to this people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us,’ thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s thighs.
1 Kings 12:11 - And now, whereas 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.’”
Exodus 5:16 - No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.”
Exodus 5:17 - But he said, “You are idle, you are idle; that is why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’
Exodus 5:18 - Go now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks.”

逐节对照

交叉引用

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.”
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 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.”
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.”
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 Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.
Esther 1:17 - For the queen’s behavior will be made known to all women, causing them to look at their husbands with contempt, since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.’
Esther 1:18 - This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s behavior will say the same to all the king’s officials, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty.
Esther 1:19 - If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.
Esther 1:20 - So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, for it is vast, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.”
Esther 1:21 - This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed.
2 Chronicles 22:4 - He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done. For after the death of his father they were his counselors, to his undoing.
2 Chronicles 22:5 - He even followed their counsel and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to make war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead. And the Syrians wounded Joram,
Daniel 6:7 - All the high officials of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an injunction, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
Isaiah 19:11 - The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?
Isaiah 19:12 - Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you that they might know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
Isaiah 19:13 - The princes of Zoan have become fools, and the princes of Memphis are deluded; those who are the cornerstones of her tribes have made Egypt stagger.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Proverbs 13:10 - By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
Proverbs 17:14 - The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Proverbs 16:18 - Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 12:5 - The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Esther 2:2 - Then the king’s young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king.
Esther 2:3 - And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them.
Esther 2:4 - And let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so.
Exodus 1:14 - and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.
Exodus 5:5 - And Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens!”
Exodus 5:6 - The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen,
Exodus 5:7 - “You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Exodus 5:8 - But the number of bricks that they made in the past you shall impose on them, you shall by no means reduce it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’
Exodus 5:9 - Let heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words.”
1 Kings 12:10 - And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to this people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us,’ thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s thighs.
1 Kings 12:11 - And now, whereas 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.’”
Exodus 5:16 - No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.”
Exodus 5:17 - But he said, “You are idle, you are idle; that is why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’
Exodus 5:18 - Go now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks.”