InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 1 Ki C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22
1 Ki 12 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33
OET-LV And_he/it_spoke to_them according_to_the_counsel_of the_youths to_say father_of_my he_made_heavy DOM yoke_of_your(pl) and_I I_will_add to yoke_of_your(pl) father_of_my he_disciplined you(pl) with_whips and_I I_will_discipline you(pl) with_scorpions.
OET (OET-RV) Instead he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father placed a heavy burden on you all, but as for me, I’ll add to those demands. My father punished you all with whips, but as for me, I’ll punish you all with scorpions.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אָבִי֙ הִכְבִּ֣יד אֶֽת־עֻלְּכֶ֔ם וַאֲנִ֖י אֹסִ֣יף עַֽל־עֻלְּכֶ֑ם אָבִ֗י יִסַּ֤ר אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים וַאֲנִ֕י אֲיַסֵּ֥ר אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים
father_of,my (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_spoke to,them according,to_the_counsel_of the=youths to=say father_of,my made_~_heavy DOM yoke_of,your(pl) and,I add on/upon yoke_of,your(pl) father_of,my disciplined ,you(pl) with,whips and,I discipline ,you(pl) with,scorpions )
See how you translated the similar expression in 12:11. Alternate translation: [My father made you work hard, but for my part, I will make you work even harder. My father disciplined you severely, but for my part, I will discipline you even more severely]
OET-LV And_he/it_spoke to_them according_to_the_counsel_of the_youths to_say father_of_my he_made_heavy DOM yoke_of_your(pl) and_I I_will_add to yoke_of_your(pl) father_of_my he_disciplined you(pl) with_whips and_I I_will_discipline you(pl) with_scorpions.
OET (OET-RV) Instead he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father placed a heavy burden on you all, but as for me, I’ll add to those demands. My father punished you all with whips, but as for me, I’ll punish you all with scorpions.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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