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1 Kings 12:13
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KJ21
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him,
ASV
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
AMP
The king answered the people harshly and ignored the advice which the elders had given him,
AMPC
And the king answered the people roughly and forsook the counsel the old men had given him,
BRG
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;
CSB
Then the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice the elders had given him
CSBA
Then the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice the elders had given him
CEB
The king then answered the people harshly. He ignored the elders’ advice
CJB
and the king answered the people harshly. Abandoning the advice the older men had given him,
CEV
Rehoboam ignored the advice of the older advisors.
DARBY
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him;
DRA
And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,
ERV
King Rehoboam did not listen to the advice from the older men, and he was rude to the people.
EASY
King Rehoboam spoke cruel words to the people. He did not agree to say what the older men had told him to say.
EHV
The king answered the people harshly, because he had rejected the advice which the old men had offered.
ESV
And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him,
ESVUK
And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him,
EXB
King Rehoboam spoke ·cruel [harsh] words to them, because he had ·rejected the advice [disregarded the counsel] the elders had given him.
GNV
And the king answered the people sharply, and left the old men’s counsel that they gave him,
GW
The king answered the people harshly. He ignored the advice the older leaders gave him.
GNT
The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the people,
HCSB
Then the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice the elders had given him
ICB
At that time King Rehoboam spoke cruel words to them. He did not listen to the advice that the elders had given him.
ISV
But the king gave the people a harsh response, because he was ignoring the counsel that his elders had given him.
JUB
And the king answered the people roughly and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him
KJV
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
AKJV
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;
LSB
And the king answered the people harshly, and he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him,
LEB
Then the king answered all the people harshly, as he had rejected the advice of the old men that they had offered.
TLB
the new king answered them roughly. He ignored the old men’s advice and followed that of the young men;
MSG
Three days later Jeroboam and the people showed up, just as Rehoboam had directed when he said, “Give me three days to think it over, then come back.” The king’s answer was harsh and rude. He spurned the counsel of the elders and went with the advice of the younger set, “If you think life under my father was hard, you haven’t seen the half of it. My father thrashed you with whips; I’ll beat you bloody with chains!”
MEV
The king answered the people roughly and forsook the counsel the old men gave him,
NOG
The king answered the people harshly. He ignored the advice the older leaders gave him.
NABRE
Ignoring the advice the elders had given him, the king gave the people a harsh answer.
NASB
And the king answered the people harshly, for he ignored the advice of the elders which they had given him,
NASB1995
The king answered the people harshly, for he forsook the advice of the elders which they had given him,
NCB
The king responded harshly to the people. He ignored the counsel that the elders had given him.
NCV
King Rehoboam spoke cruel words to them, because he had rejected the advice the elders had given him.
NET
The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men
NIRV
The king answered the people in a mean way. He didn’t accept the advice the elders had given him.
NIV
The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders,
NIVUK
The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders,
NKJV
Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;
NLV
And the king was hard in his answer to them. For he turned away from the wise words the leaders had given him.
NLT
But Rehoboam spoke harshly to the people, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors
NRSVA
The king answered the people harshly. He disregarded the advice that the older men had given him
NRSVACE
The king answered the people harshly. He disregarded the advice that the older men had given him
NRSVCE
The king answered the people harshly. He disregarded the advice that the older men had given him
NRSVUE
The king answered the people harshly. He disregarded the advice that the older men had given him
OJB
And HaMelech answered HaAm roughly, and forsook the atzat HaZekenim (counsel of the Elders) that they gave him;
RGT
And the king answered the people sharply, and left the old men’s counsel that they gave him,
RSV
And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel which the old men had given him,
RSVCE
And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel which the old men had given him,
TLV
The king answered the people harshly. He rejected the counsel the elders had given him,
VOICE
So Rehoboam spoke to the people in a tyrannical tone and completely ignored the advice of the experienced elders.
WEB
The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
WYC
And the king answered hard things to the people, while the counsel of [the] elder men was forsaken, that they had given to him;
YLT
And the king answereth the people sharply, and forsaketh the counsel of the elders which they counselled him,
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