2 Chronicles 10:8

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

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6 Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

7 They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

9 He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

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BSB Berean Standard Bible: But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
KJV King James Version: 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.
WEB World English Bible: But he abandoned 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.
ASV American Standard Version: 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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: And he forsaketh the counsel of the aged men that they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, those standing before him,
DBY Darby Translation: But he forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, that stood before him.
WBS Webster Bible: 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.