他照着年轻人所出的主意对他们说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭！我父亲用鞭子惩罚你们，我却要用蝎子惩罚你们！”

照着少年人所出的主意对民说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭！我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们！”

他照着年轻人所出的主意对他们说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭！我父亲用鞭子惩罚你们，我却要用蝎子惩罚你们！”

却照着年轻人给他所出的主意，对他们说：“我父亲加重你们所负的重担，我要使你们负更重的重担；我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们。”

照着少年人所出的主意對民說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛！我父親用鞭子責打你們，我要用蠍子鞭責打你們！」

他照着年輕人所出的主意對他們說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛！我父親用鞭子懲罰你們，我卻要用蠍子懲罰你們！」

他照着年輕人所出的主意對他們說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛！我父親用鞭子懲罰你們，我卻要用蠍子懲罰你們！」

卻照著年輕人給他所出的主意，對他們說：“我父親加重你們所負的重擔，我要使你們負更重的重擔；我父親用鞭子責打你們，我要用蠍子鞭責打你們。”

反而照少年人出的主意對眾民說：『我父親使你們負的軛很重，我卻要加重你們的軛呢；我父親用鞭子責打你們，我卻要用蠍子鞭責打你們呢。』

依少者之謀、告之曰、我父使爾負重軛、我必益之、我父責爾以鞭、我則責爾以蠍、

乃循少者之謀、謂民曰、我父使爾負重軛、我必使爾負尤重之軛、我父以鞭責爾、我必以蠍責爾、

he followed the advice of the young men and said,“ My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.”

Instead, he followed the advice of the young men. He said,“ My father put a heavy load on your shoulders. But I’ll make it even heavier. My father beat you with whips. But I’ll beat you with bigger whips.”

he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying,“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people,“ My father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”

and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice:“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips.”

and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying,“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions!”

and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying,“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!”

and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice:“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips.”

And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father[ also] chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said,“ My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”

and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying,“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”

他又说：“看哪，这地的以色列人如今这么多，你们竟然叫他们歇下劳役！”当天，法老吩咐监工和工头说：“你们不可照以前一样提供草给百姓做砖，要叫他们自己去捡草。他们平时做砖的数目，你们仍旧向他们要，一点不可减少，因为他们是懒惰的，所以才呼求说：‘让我们去向我们的上帝献祭。’你们要把更重的工作加在这些人身上，使他们在其中劳碌，不去理会谎言。”

监工不把草给仆人，并且对我们说：‘做砖吧！’看哪，你仆人挨了打，其实是你百姓的错。”法老却说：“懒惰，你们真是懒惰！所以你们说：‘让我们去向耶和华献祭吧。’现在，去做工吧！草是不会给你们，砖却要如数交纳。”

那些与他一同长大的年轻人对他说：“这百姓对王说：‘你父亲使我们负重轭，求你给我们减轻一些。’王要对他们如此说：‘我的小指头比我父亲的腰还粗呢！我父亲使你们负重轭，现在我必使你们负更重的轭！我父亲用鞭子惩罚你们，我要用蝎子惩罚你们！’”

纷争掀起，如同缺口的水；因此，争端尚未爆发就当制止。

你们心里若怀着恶毒的嫉妒和自私，就不可自夸，不可说谎话抵挡真理。这样的智慧不是从上头下来的，而是属地上的，属情欲的，属鬼魔的。在何处有嫉妒、自私，在何处就有动乱和各样的坏事。惟独从上头来的智慧，先是清洁，后是和平、温良、柔顺，满有怜悯和美善的果子，没有偏私，没有虚伪。正义的果实是为促进和平的人用和平栽种出来的。你们中间的冲突是哪里来的？争执是哪里来的？不是从你们肢体中交战着的私欲来的吗？你们贪恋，得不着就杀人；你们嫉妒，不能得手就起争执和冲突；你们得不着，是因为你们不求。

他行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，像亚哈家一样；因他父亲死后，他们给他主谋，使他败坏。他也听从他们的计谋，与以色列王亚哈的儿子约兰同往基列的拉末去，与亚兰王哈薛交战。亚兰人打伤了约兰，

事情的终局强如它的起头；存心忍耐的，胜过居心骄傲的。

国中的总长、钦差、总督、谋士和省长彼此商议，求王下旨，立一条禁令，三十天之内，不拘何人，若在王以外，或向神明或向人求什么，就必扔在狮子坑中。

使他们因苦工而生活痛苦；无论是和泥，是做砖，是做田间各样的工，一切的工埃及人都严厉地对待他们。

骄傲挑启纷争；听劝言却有智慧。

米慕干在王和众官长面前回答说：“瓦实提王后这事，不但得罪王，并且有害于亚哈随鲁王各省的臣民。因为王后这事必传到众妇人那里，她们就会藐视自己的丈夫，说：‘亚哈随鲁王吩咐瓦实提王后到王面前，她却不来。’今日波斯和玛代的众夫人听见王后这事，必向王所有的官长照样说，如此必造成无数的藐视和愤怒。王若以为好，请降谕旨，写在波斯和玛代人的条例中，永不更改，不准瓦实提再到亚哈随鲁王面前，把她王后的位分赐给比她更好的妃子。王的谕旨一传遍全国，国土纵然辽阔，凡作妻子的，无论丈夫是尊贵或卑贱，都必尊敬他。”王和众官长都以这话为美，王就照米慕干的建议去做。

于是王的侍臣对王说：“请派人为王寻找美貌的少女；请王派官员在国中各省招聚所有美貌的少女到书珊城堡的女院，交给王所派掌管女子的太监希该，给她们香膏涂抹。王眼中看为好的女子可以立为王后，代替瓦实提。”王以这话为美，就照样做。

琐安的官长极其愚昧，法老智慧的谋士筹划愚谋；你们怎敢对法老说：“我是智慧人的子孙，是古代国王的后裔？”你的智慧人在哪里？万军之耶和华向埃及所定的旨意，他们既然知道，就让他们告诉你吧！琐安的官长愚昧，挪弗的官长受蒙蔽；作埃及支派栋梁的，带领埃及走错了路。

义人的思念是公平；恶人的计谋是诡诈。

骄傲在败坏以先，内心高傲在跌倒之前。