Bible in Basic English
"So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back to me the third day."
— 1 Kings 12:12, Bible in Basic English
“So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.”
“So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day. ”
“So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, "Come to me again the third day."”
“Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said,“Return to me on the third day.””
“So Jeroboam, and all the people, came to Roboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying: Come to me again the third day.”
“So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.”
And said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?
And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us; will you make it less? say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;
If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.
So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back to me the third day.
And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;
But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.
So the king did not give ear to the people; and this came about by the purpose of the Lord, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be effected.