2 Chronicles 10:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ But the king forsook the counsel which the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who were brought up with him and stood before him.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ 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

⁸ 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

⁸ But he set aside the counsel of the elders, and he began to have discussion with the youth, who had been raised with him and who were among his companions.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, and began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train.

2 Chronicles 10:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 17:14

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

2 Chronicles 10:9

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?

Proverbs 1:25

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:

Proverbs 13:20

Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise: But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

Proverbs 19:20

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Proverbs 25:12

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Proverbs 27:10

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

Proverbs 9:9

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

Isaiah 30:1

Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: