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The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall tell this people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us;' you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist.
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| Hebrew | וידברו אליו הילדים אשר גדלו אתו לאמר כה־תאמר לעם הזה אשר דברו אליך לאמר אביך הכביד את־עלנו ואתה הקל מעלינו כה תדבר אליהם קטני עבה ממתני אבי׃ |
| Greek | και ελαλησαν προς αυτον τα παιδαρια τα εκτραφεντα μετ' αυτου οι παρεστηκοτες προ προσωπου αυτου λεγοντες ταδε λαλησεις τω λαω τουτω τοις λαλησασι προς σε λεγοντες ο πατηρ σου εβαρυνεν τον κλοιον ημων και συ νυν κουφισον αφ' ημων ταδε λαλησεις προς αυτους η μικροτης μου παχυτερα της οσφυος του πατρος |
| Latin | Et dixerunt ei juvenes qui nutriti fuerant cum eo : Sic loqueris populo huic, qui locuti sunt ad te, dicentes : Pater tuus aggravavit jugum nostrum, tu releva nos. Sic loqueris ad eos : Minimus digitus meus grossior est dorso patris mei. |
| KJV | 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. |
| WEB | The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall tell this people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us;' you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist. |
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