They spoke to him, saying, If you will be a servant to this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.
1 Kings 12:8 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before 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 spoke to him, saying, If you will be a servant to this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.
He said to them, What counsel do you give, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that your father did put on us lighter?
But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.
Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.