Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And they said to him, If you are kind to this people, pleasing them and saying good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever.
New American Standard Bible
They spoke to him, saying, “If you will be kind to this people and please them and
King James Version
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
Holman Bible
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.”
International Standard Version
In reply, they told him, "If you will be kind to this people, please them, and speak appropriately to them with kind words, they'll serve you forever."
A Conservative Version
And they spoke to him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants forever.
American Standard Version
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
Amplified
They answered him, saying, “If you are kind to these people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”
Darby Translation
And they spoke to him saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will speak to him, saying, If thou wilt be for good to this people, and pleasing them, and speak to them good words, and they were servants to thee all the days.
King James 2000
And they spoke unto him, saying, If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they said to him, "If you will be good to this people and please them, then speak good words to them. Then they will be your servants {forever}."
Modern King James verseion
And they spoke to him saying, If you are kind to this people and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they told him saying, "If thou shalt be kind to this people and please them and shalt speak loving words to them, they will be thy servants forever."
NET Bible
They said to him, "If you are fair to these people, grant their request, and are cordial to them, they will be your servants from this time forward."
New Heart English Bible
They spoke to him, saying, "If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."
The Emphasized Bible
And they spake unto him saying, If thou wilt be kind to this people, and please them, and speak unto them kind words, then will they be thy servants, all the days.
Webster
And they spoke to him, saying, If thou wilt be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
World English Bible
They spoke to him, saying, "If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."
Youngs Literal Translation
And they speak unto him, saying, 'If thou dost become good to this people, and hast been pleased with them, and spoken unto them good words, then they have been to thee servants all the days.'
Themes
Candidate » Refuses to make promises
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Rehoboam (first part of his reign)
Rehoboam » Refuses to reform abuses
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » Rehoboam, making the yoke heavy
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 10:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Rehoboam's Debacle
6 Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people? 7 And they said to him, If you are kind to this people, pleasing them and saying good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever. 8 But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, but went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:1
By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.
1 Kings 12:7
And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a gentle answer, then they will be your servants for ever.
Genesis 49:21
Naphtali is a roe let loose, giving fair young ones.
2 Samuel 15:2-6
And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would say, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.