And they spoke to him, saying, “If you are a servant to these people today, and shall serve them, and shall answer them and speak good words to them, then they shall be your servants all the days.”
1 Kings 12:8 - The Scriptures 2009 But he ignored the advice the elders gave him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But he forsook the counsel the old men gave him and consulted the young men who grew up with him and stood before him. American Standard Version (1901) But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him. Common English Bible But Rehoboam ignored the advice the elders gave him and instead sought the counsel of the young advisors who had grown up with him and now served him. Catholic Public Domain Version But he abandoned the counsel of the old men, which they had given to him. And he consulted the young men who had been raised with him, and who were assisting him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he left the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and stood before him. |
And they spoke to him, saying, “If you are a servant to these people today, and shall serve them, and shall answer them and speak good words to them, then they shall be your servants all the days.”
And he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”
But he ignored the advice the elders gave him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.
“And you spurned all my counsel, And would not yield to my reproof,
Listen to counsel and accept discipline, So that you are wise in your latter end.
A ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, Is a wise one’s reproof to an ear that hears.