Catholic Public Domain Version
"But he set aside the counsel of the elders, and he began to have discussion with the youth, who had been raised with him and who were among his companions. "
— 2 Chronicles 10:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.”
“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. ”
“But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.”
“But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up.”
“But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, and began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train.”
“But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, but went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him.”
“But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.”
But he said, “Return to me after three days.” And when the people had gone away,
he took counsel with the elders, who had stood before his father Solomon while he was still living, saying, “What counsel would you give to me, so that I may respond to the people?”
And they said to him, “If you please this people, and if you soothe them with words of clemency, they will be your servants for all days.”
But he set aside the counsel of the elders, and he began to have discussion with the youth, who had been raised with him and who were among his companions.
And he said to them: “How does it seem to you? Or how should I respond to this people, who have said to me, ‘Lift up the yoke that your father imposed upon us?’ ”
But they responded like youths, having been raised with him in luxury, and they said: “So shall you speak to the people, who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy; you should lighten it,’ and so shall you respond to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than the back of my father.
My father imposed a heavy yoke upon you, and I will place more weight upon it. My father cut you with whips; truly, I will beat you with scorpions.’ ”