They replied, ‘Today if you will be a servant to this people and serve them, and if you respond to them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants for ever.’
1 Kings 12:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and attended him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
They replied, ‘Today if you will be a servant to this people and serve them, and if you respond to them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants for ever.’
He asked them, ‘What message do you advise that we send back to this people who said to me, “Lighten the yoke your father put on us”? ’
But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him, and he consulted with the young men who had grown up with him, the ones attending him.
Listen to counsel and receive instruction so that you may be wise later in life. ,
A wise correction to a receptive ear is like a gold ring or an ornament of gold.