1 Kings 12:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said to them, What do you advise that we answer this people who have said, Make the yoke your father put on us lighter? American Standard Version (1901) And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter? Common English Bible “What do you advise?” he asked them. “How should we respond to these people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the workload your father demanded of us’?” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to them: "What counsel do you give to me, so that I may respond to this people, who have said to me: 'Make light the yoke that your father imposed on us?' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to them: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people, who have said to me: Make the yoke which thy father put upon us lighter? |
The young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus you should say to this people who spoke to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must lighten it for us’; thus you should say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.
But he disregarded the advice that the older men gave him and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and now attended him.
He said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?”