2nd Chronicles Chapter 10 verse 9 Holy Bible
And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?
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And he said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?
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And he said to them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me saying, Lighten the yoke which thy father put upon us?
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And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
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And he said to them, What advice give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father put upon us?
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He said to them, What counsel give you, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that your father did put on us lighter?
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and he saith unto them, `What are ye counselling, and we answer this people that have spoken unto me, saying, Make light `somewhat' of the yoke that thy father put upon us?'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) And he said unto them.--The verse agrees with Kings to the letter.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewHe askedוַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, saythem,אֲלֵהֶ֗ם (’ă·lê·hem)Preposition | third person masculine pluralStrong's 413: Near, with, among, to“Whatמָ֚ה (māh)InterrogativeStrong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely whatmessageדָּבָ֖ר (dā·ḇār)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a causedo youאַתֶּ֣ם (’at·tem)Pronoun - second person masculine pluralStrong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and youadviseנֽוֹעָצִ֔ים (nō·w·‘ā·ṣîm)Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine pluralStrong's 3289: To advise, to deliberate, resolvethat we send backוְנָשִׁ֥יב (wə·nā·šîḇ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common pluralStrong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, againto theseהַזֶּ֑ה (haz·zeh)Article | Pronoun - masculine singularStrong's 2088: This, thatpeopleהָעָ֣ם (hā·‘ām)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flockwhoאֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer)Pronoun - relativeStrong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order thathave spokenדִּבְּר֤וּ (dib·bə·rū)Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdueto me,אֵלַי֙ (’ê·lay)Preposition | first person common singularStrong's 413: Near, with, among, tosaying,לֵאמֹ֔ר (lê·mōr)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 559: To utter, say‘Lightenהָקֵל֙ (hā·qêl)Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singularStrong's 7043: To be slight, swift or triflingthe yokeהָעֹ֔ל (hā·‘ōl)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5923: A yokeyour fatherאָבִ֖יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā)Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 1: Fatherputנָתַ֥ן (nā·ṯan)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 5414: To give, put, seton us’?”עָלֵֽינוּ׃ (‘ā·lê·nū)Preposition | first person common pluralStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againstJump to PreviousAdvice Advise Counsel Counselling Ease Less Lighter Opinion Somewhat Yoke
