1 Kings 12:4 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Kings 12:4 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
אָבִ֖יךָ
ʼâb
H1
father
הִקְשָׁ֣ה
qâshâh
H7185
to be hard
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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עֻלֵּ֑נוּ
ʻôl
H5923
yoke
וְאַתָּ֡ה
ʼattâh
H859
you
עַתָּ֣ה
ʻattâh
H6258
now
הָקֵל֩
qâlal
H7043
to be light
מֵעֲבֹדַ֨ת
ʻăbôdâh
H5656
service
אָבִ֜יךָ
ʼâb
H1
father
הַקָּשָׁ֗ה
qâsheh
H7186
hard
וּמֵעֻלּ֧וֹ
ʻôl
H5923
yoke
הַכָּבֵ֛ד
kâbêd
H3515
heavy
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
נָתַ֥ן
nâthan
H5414
to give
עָלֵ֖ינוּ
ʻal
H5921
upon
וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ
ʻâbad
H5647
to serve
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World English Bible Public Domain
Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.
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King James Version Public Domain
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
“Your father made our yoke hard. But you, now make lighter than the hard service of your father and than his heavy yoke that he put on us, and we will serve you.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).