2 Chronicles 10:7

NASB

2 Chronicles 10:7

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New American Standard Bible

They spoke to him, saying, “If you will be kind to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

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.”

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

Social duties » Fidelity in business » Kind words

Words » Kept words of Christ » Kind, examples of

Topics

Grace, In Human Relationships

Kind Words

Interlinear

English(KJV)

Strong's

Root Form

Definition

Usage

And they spake

H1696

דּבר
Dabar

speak, say, talk, promise, tell, commune, pronounce, utter, command

Usage: 1142

unto him, saying

H559

said, speak, answer, command, tell, call, promised, .

Usage: 0

If thou be kind

H2896

טוב
Towb

good, better, well, goodness, goodly, best, merry, fair, prosperity, precious, fine, wealth, beautiful, fairer, favour, glad,

Usage: 553

to this people

H5971

עם
`am

people, nation, people , folk, Ammi, men, each

Usage: 1867

and please

H7521

רצה
Ratsah

accept, please, pleasure, delight, enjoy, favourable, acceptable, accomplish, affection, approve,

Usage: 56

them, and speak

H1696

דּבר
Dabar

speak, say, talk, promise, tell, commune, pronounce, utter, command

Usage: 1142

good

H2896

טוב
Towb

good, better, well, goodness, goodly, best, merry, fair, prosperity, precious, fine, wealth, beautiful, fairer, favour, glad,

Usage: 553

words

H1697

דּבר
Dabar

word, thing, matter, acts, chronicles, saying, commandment,

Usage: 1438

to them, they will be thy servants

H5650

עבד
`ebed

servant, manservant, bondman, bondage, bondservant, on all sides

Usage: 800

Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 10:7

Verse Info

Bible Rank: 13867
2 Chronicles Rank: 282
2 Topics
6 Themes
4 Cross References
1 Reading
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Context Readings

⁶ Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to answer this people?” ⁷ They spoke to him, saying, “If you will be kind to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” ⁸ But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away wrath,
But a harsh word stirs up anger.

1 Kings 12:7

Then they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

Genesis 49:21

“Naphtali is a doe let loose,
He gives beautiful words.

2 Samuel 15:2-6

Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way to the gate; and when any man had a suit to come to the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”

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