Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bible“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.” Young's Literal Translation ‘Thy father made hard our yoke, and thou, now, make light [some] of the hard service of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.’ King James Bible Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. Hebrew “Your fatherאָבִ֖יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1: Father put a heavy הִקְשָׁ֣ה (hiq·šāh) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7185: To be hard, severe or fierce yoke עֻלֵּ֑נוּ (‘ul·lê·nū) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 5923: A yoke on us. אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Direct object marker Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case But now עַתָּ֣ה (‘at·tāh) Adverb Strong's 6258: At this time you וְאַתָּ֡ה (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you should lighten הָקֵל֩ (hā·qêl) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling the burden הַקָּשָׁ֗ה (haq·qā·šāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 7186: Hard, severe of your father’s אָבִ֜יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1: Father service מֵעֲבֹדַ֨ת (mê·‘ă·ḇō·ḏaṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 5656: Work of any kind and the heavy הַכָּבֵ֛ד (hak·kā·ḇêḏ) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 3515: Heavy yoke וּמֵעֻלּ֧וֹ (ū·mê·‘ul·lōw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5923: A yoke he put נָתַ֥ן (nā·ṯan) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set on us, עָלֵ֖ינוּ (‘ā·lê·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against and we will serve you.” וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃ (wə·na·‘aḇ·ḏe·kā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural | second person masculine singular Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave |