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Berean Standard Bible

““Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.””

1 Kings 12:4

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After Solomon's death, Israel gathers at Shechem to make his son Rehoboam king. They present a request about the heavy demands of his father's reign.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

World English Bible (WEB)

“Your father made our yoke difficult. Now therefore make the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Tu padre agravó nuestro yugo, mas ahora tú disminuye algo de la dura servidumbre de tu padre, y del yugo pesado que puso sobre nosotros, y te serviremos.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Jeroboán, que todavía estaba en Egipto, a donde había huido del rey Salomón, se enteró de la muerte de este y de la coronación de Roboán, por medio de sus amigos. Entonces las tribus del norte de Israel le pidieron que fuera con ellos a Siquén. Así que Jeroboán y los israelitas fueron a ver a Roboán, y le dijeron: ―Tu padre fue un amo muy duro. No te queremos por rey, a menos que prometas tratarnos mejor de lo que él lo hizo.

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