King James Version (KJV)
And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Modern English
and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.
Hebrew
וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֡ם כַּ֠עֲצַ֡ת הַ֠יְלָדִ֡ים לֵאמֹ֡ר אָבִ֣י הִכְבִּ֡יד אֶ֠ת עֻלְּכֶ֡ם וַ֠אֲנִ֡י אֹסִ֣יף עָלָ֡יו אָבִ֣י יִסַּ֣ר אֶ֣תְכֶם בַּ֠שּׁוֹטִ֡ים וַ֠אֲנִ֡י בָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃
vaydaber ʾaleyhem kaʿaṣat hayladiym leʾmor ʾabiy hikbiyd ʾet ʿulkem vaʾaniy ʾosiyf ʿalayv ʾabiy yisar ʾetkem bashvoṭiym vaʾaniy baʿaqrabiym