Parallel Verses
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.”
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.
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.”
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.
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
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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 consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon when he was alive, asking, “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” 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 he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him, and he consulted with the young men who had grown up with him, the ones serving him.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:1
but a harsh word stirs up wrath.
1 Kings 12:7
They replied, “Today if you will be a servant to these people and serve them, and if you respond to them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
Genesis 49:21
that bears beautiful fawns.
2 Samuel 15:2-6
He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate.