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1 Kings 12:8
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6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”
7 And they spoke to him, saying, a“If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”  
8 But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.
9 And he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”
10 Then the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you should speak to this people who have spoken to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on us’—thus you shall say to them: ‘My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s waist!
11 And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with1 scourges!’ ”  
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had directed, saying, “Come back to me the third day.”
13 Then the king answered the people1 roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;  
Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 12:8

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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.

Amplified® Bible
But he forsook the counsel the old men gave him and consulted the young men who grew up with him and stood before him.

Contemporary English Version
But Rehoboam refused their advice and went to the younger men who had grown up with him and were now his officials.

Darby English Version
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.

Good News Bible
But he ignored the advice of the older men and went instead to the young men who had grown up with him and who were now his advisers.

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:

New American Standard Bible
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.

New International Version
But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.

New King James Version
But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
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.

Revised Standard Version
But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.

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;


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