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2 Chronicles 10:9-11
Contemporary English Version
2 Chronicles 10:9-11
Contemporary English Version
9 He asked, “What do you think I should say to these people who asked me to make their work easier?”
10 His younger advisors said:
Here's what we think you should say to them: “Compared to me, my father was weak.[a] 11 He made you work hard, but I'll make you work even harder. He punished you with whips, but I'll use whips with pieces of sharp metal!”
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- 10.10 Compared … weak: Hebrew “My little finger is bigger than my father's waist.”
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