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。’”

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，我却要用蝎子！’”

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，我却要用蝎子！’”

我父亲使你们负重担，我要使你们负更重的担子；我父亲用鞭子打你们，我要用刺鞭打你们。’”

我父亲把重轭加在你们身上，我必使你们负更重的轭；我父亲用鞭打你们，我却要用蝎子鞭责打你们。’”

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。』」

我父親使你們負重軛，現在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！』」

我父親使你們負重軛，現在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！』」

我父親使你們負重擔，我要使你們負更重的擔子；我父親用鞭子打你們，我要用刺鞭打你們。』」

我父親把重軛加在你們身上，我必使你們負更重的軛；我父親用鞭打你們，我卻要用蠍子鞭責打你們。’”

我父親將重的軛給你們馱上，現在呢、我要使你們的軛加重了；我父親用平常鞭子責打你們，我卻要用蠍子鞭呢。」』

我父使爾負重軛、我必益之、我父責爾以鞭、我則責爾以蠍、

父使爾負重軛、我必益之、父以鞭責爾、我必以蠍螫爾。

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、或作我必以蠍鞭責爾蠍鞭鞭名鞭稍有鈎如蠍蠆下同

My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

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.’ ”

And now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

Yes, 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!’”

Now therefore, my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I, with barbed whips.’”

Now then, my father loaded you with a heavy yoke; yet I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions!’ ”

And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!’”

And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Now therefore, my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I, with barbed whips.’”

For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I[ will chastise you] with scorpions.

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.’”

Now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’”

I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. (niv)

Then Pharaoh said,“ Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working.”That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people:“ You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out,‘ Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.” (niv)

They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. (niv)

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (niv)

When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.” (niv)

and worked them ruthlessly.They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly. (niv)

They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. (niv)

“ Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? (niv)

I was angry with my people and desecrated my inheritance; I gave them into your hand, and you showed them no mercy. Even on the aged you laid a very heavy yoke. (niv)

And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. (niv)

“ Go and tell Hananiah,‘ This is what the Lord says: You have broken a wooden yoke, but in its place you will get a yoke of iron.This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will put an iron yoke on the necks of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I will even give him control over the wild animals.’” (niv)

Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.” (niv)