10:10a The young men who had grown up with him replied,

The young men who had grown up with him answered,
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The young men who had grown up with King Rehoboam said,

10:10b “This is how you should answer these people who said to you,

“Those people spoke to you and said,
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“Those people have asked you to

10:10c ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’

‘Lighten the burdens that your father put on us.’
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give them less work than your father gave them.

10:10d This is what you should tell them:

Now tell them this:
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Tell them that

10:10e ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

‘My lightest burden will be more than my father’s heavy one.
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you will give them more work than your father ever gave them.

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