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1 Kings 12:10

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

BSB

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ASV

And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

KJV

And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְדַבְּר֣וּvay.da.be.Ruand they spokeH1696
אֵלָ֗יו'e.Lavto himH413
הַיְלָדִים֙hay.la.Dimthe young menH3206
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhoH834
גָּדְל֣וּga.de.Luthey had grown upH1431
אִתּוֹ֮'i.Towith himH854
לֵאמֹר֒le.Mor<to> sayingH559
כֹּֽה־koh-thusH3541
תֹאמַ֣רto.Maryou will sayH559
לָעָ֣םla.'Amto the peopleH5971
הַזֶּ֡הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
אֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherwhichH834
דִּבְּר֨וּdi.be.Ruthey have spokenH1696
אֵלֶ֜יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413
לֵאמֹ֗רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
אָבִ֙יךָ֙'a.Vi.khafather yourH1
הִכְבִּ֣ידhikh.Bidhe made heavyH3513
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
עֻלֵּ֔נוּ'u.Le.nuyoke ourH5923
וְאַתָּ֖הve.'a.Tahand youH859
הָקֵ֣לha.KellightenH7043
מֵעָלֵ֑ינוּme.'a.Lei.nufrom on <the> usH5921
כֹּ֚הkohthusH3541
תְּדַבֵּ֣רte.da.Beryou will speakH1696
אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם'a.lei.Hemto themH413
קָֽטָנִּ֥יka.ta.Nilittle finger myH6995
עָבָ֖ה'a.Vahit is thickH5666
מִמָּתְנֵ֥יmi.ma.te.Neimore than [the] loins ofH4975
אָבִֽי׃'a.Vifather myH1

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About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain