1 Kings 12:8
World English Bible (WEB)
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.
In context
6 King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me to answer these people?”
7 They replied, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them, and answer them with good words, then they will be your servants forever.”
8 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.
9 He said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may answer these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter’?”
10 The young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Tell these people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us’—tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
1 Kings 12:8 in every translation
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- 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:
- 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.
- 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 elders which they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, who are 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 of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that had grown up with him, and who stood before him: