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וַיְדַבְּר֣וּ אִתֹּ֗ו הַיְלָדִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר גָּדְל֣וּ אִתֹּו֮ לֵאמֹר֒ כֹּֽה־תֹאמַ֡ר לָעָם֩ אֲשֶׁר־דִּבְּר֨וּ אֵלֶ֜יךָ לֵאמֹ֗ר אָבִ֙יךָ֙ הִכְבִּ֣יד אֶת־עֻלֵּ֔נוּ וְאַתָּ֖ה הָקֵ֣ל מֵעָלֵ֑ינוּ כֹּ֚ה תֹּאמַ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם קָֽטָנִּ֥י עָבָ֖ה מִמָּתְנֵ֥י אָבִֽי׃
WLC (Consonants Only)
וידברו אתו הילדים אשר גדלו אתו לאמר כה־תאמר לעם אשר־דברו אליך לאמר אביך הכביד את־עלנו ואתה הקל מעלינו כה תאמר אלהם קטני עבה ממתני אבי׃ Strong's Concordance Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the young men who had grown up with him told him, “This is what you should say to the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us ! ’ This is what you should say to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.
New American Standard Bible
The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to the people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but [-] you [-] make it [-] lighter for us. Thus you shall say to them, My little finger is thicker than my fathers loins!
King James Bible
And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou [it] somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little [finger] shall be thicker than my father's loins. |
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