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.”"
— 2 Chronicles 10:7, NET Bible
“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.”
“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. ”
“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."”
“And they said to him: If thou please this people, and soothe them with kind words, they will be thy servants for ever.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Your father made us work too hard! Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.”
He said to them,“Go away for three days, then return to me.” So the people went away.
King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them,“How do you advise me to answer these people?”
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.”
But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up.
He asked them,“How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me,‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?”
The young advisers with whom Rehoboam had grown up said to him,“Say this to these people who have said to you,‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden’– say this to them:‘I am a lot harsher than my father!