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  • 1 Kings 12:10
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 10 The young men who had grown up with him said to him: “This is what you should say to this people who have said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter for us’; this is what you should tell them, ‘My little finger will be thicker than my father’s hips.

  • 1 Kings 12:10
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 10 In turn the young men that had grown up with him spoke to him, saying: “This is what you should say+ to this people who have spoken to you, saying, ‘Your father, for his part, made our yoke heavy, but, as for you, make it lighter upon us’; this is what you should speak to them, ‘My little finger itself will certainly be thicker than my father’s hips.+

  • 1 Kings 12:10
    The Bible in Living English
    • 10* And the boys who had grown up with him told him “This is what you will say to these people who have told you ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, be easier on us’: you will tell them ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s hips.

  • 1 Kings 12:10
    American Standard Version
    • 10 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

  • 1 Kings 12:10
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 10 Then spake unto him the young men who had grown up with him, saying, Thus shalt thou say to this people that have spoken unto thee, saying—Thy father made our yoke heavy, thou therefore lighten it upon us, Thus shalt thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins;

  • 1 Kings 12:10
    King James Version
    • 10 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.

  • 1 Kings
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 12:10 it-1 832

  • 1 Kings
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 12:10 ad 582

  • 1 Kings
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 12:10

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 832

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