1 Kings 12:13

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And the king answered the people, harshly, - and declined the counsel of the elders wherewith they had counselled him;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice the elders had given him

Hebrew Names Version
The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

King James Version
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

English Standard Version
And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him,

New Century Version
King Rehoboam spoke cruel words to them, because he had rejected the advice the elders had given him.

New English Translation
The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

Amplified Bible
The king answered the people harshly and ignored the advice which the elders had given him,

New American Standard Bible
And the king answered the people harshly, for he ignored the advice of the elders which they had given him,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the king answered the people sharpely, and left the old mens counsell that they gaue him,

Legacy Standard Bible
And the king answered the people harshly, and he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him,

Contemporary English Version
Rehoboam ignored the advice of the older advisors.

Complete Jewish Bible
and the king answered the people harshly. Abandoning the advice the older men had given him,

Darby Translation
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him;

Easy-to-Read Version
King Rehoboam did not listen to the advice from the older men, and he was rude to the people.

George Lamsa Translation
And the king answered the people harshly, and forsook the old mens counsel that they gave him;

Good News Translation
The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the people,

Lexham English Bible
Then the king answered all the people harshly, as he had rejected the advice of the old men that they had offered.

Literal Translation
And the king replied to the people harshly, and forsook the counsel of the elders which they advised him,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the kynge gaue the people an harde rough answere, and forsoke the coucell that the Elders had geuen him,

American Standard Version
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

Bible in Basic English
And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king aunswered the people churlishly, and left the old mens counsel that they gaue him:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him;

King James Version (1611)
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsooke the old mens counsell that they gaue him:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king answered the people harshly; and Roboam forsook the counsel of the old men which they counselled him.

English Revised Version
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him;

Berean Standard Bible
And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the kyng answeride harde thingis to the puple, while the counsel of eldere men was forsakun, which thei hadden youe to hym;

Young's Literal Translation
And the king answereth the people sharply, and forsaketh the counsel of the elders which they counselled him,

Update Bible Version
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

World English Bible
The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

New King James Version
Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;

New Living Translation
But Rehoboam spoke harshly to the people, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors

New Life Bible
And the king was hard in his answer to them. For he turned away from the wise words the leaders had given him.

New Revised Standard
The king answered the people harshly. He disregarded the advice that the older men had given him

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,

Revised Standard Version
And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel which the old men had given him,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The king answered the people harshly, for he forsook the advice of the elders which they had given him,

Contextual Overview

¹ And Rehoboam went to Shechem, - for, to Shechem, had all Israel come to make him king. ² And it came to pass, when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of it - he being yet in Egypt, whither he had fled from the face of Solomon the king, that Jeroboam returned from Egypt; ³ yes they sent, and called him, and Jeroboam and all the convocation of Israel came, - and spake unto Rehoboam, saying: ⁴ Thy father, made our yoke, grievous, - now, therefore do, thou, lighten the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, that we may serve thee. ⁵ And he said unto them - Depart ye for yet three days, and then come again unto me. And the people departed. ⁶ Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who used to stand before Solomon his father, while he yet lived, saying, - How do, ye, advise, that I answer this people? ⁷ And they spake unto him, saying - If, to-day, thou wilt be servant unto this people, and wilt serve them, - and answer them kindly, and speak unto them good words, then will they be, thy, servants, always. ⁸ But he declined the counsel of the elders which they gave him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, who were standing before himself; ⁹ and said unto them - What counsel do, ye, give as to how we shall answer this people who have spoken unto me, saying - Make a lightening of the yoke which thy father put upon us? ¹⁰ Then spake unto him the young men who had grown up with him, saying, Thus, shalt thou say to this people that have spoken unto thee, saying - Thy father, made our yoke heavy, thou, therefore lighten it upon us, Thus, shalt thou speak unto them, My little finger, is thicker than my father's loins;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

answered: 1 Kings 20:6-11, Genesis 42:7, Genesis 42:30, Exodus 5:2, Exodus 10:28, Judges 12:1-6, 1 Samuel 20:10, 1 Samuel 20:30, 1 Samuel 20:31, 1 Samuel 25:10, 1 Samuel 25:11, 2 Samuel 19:43, Proverbs 10:11, Proverbs 10:32, Proverbs 15:1, Proverbs 18:23, Ecclesiastes 10:12, James 3:17

roughly: Heb. hardly, Genesis 16:6

forsook: Proverbs 13:20

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 12:7 - speak good Ecclesiastes 10:6 - Folly

Cross-References

Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nahor took to themselves wives; the name of Abrams wife, was Sarai; and, the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, daughter of Haran father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.

Genesis 12:3
That I may bless them who bless thee, But him who maketh light of thee, will I curse, - So shall be, blessed in thee, all the families of the ground.

Genesis 12:5
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, with all the goods that they bad gathered and the souls that they had gained in Haran, - and they came forth to go towards the land of Canaan, and came in to the land of Canaan.

Genesis 12:6
And Abram passed along throughout the land, as far as the place of Shechem as far as the Teacher's Terebinth, the Canaanite being then in the land.

Genesis 12:8
And he moved on from thence towards the hill country, on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, - with Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east, and bulk there an altar to Yahweh, and called on the name of Yahweh.

Genesis 12:12
so will it come to pass when the Egyptians behold thee, that they will say, His wife, this! and will slay me while thee, they preserve alive.

Genesis 12:13
Say, I beseech thee that my sister, art thou, - to the end it may be well with me for thy sake, so shall my soul be preserved alive because of thee.

Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: My, sister, is she, - So Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

Genesis 20:5
Had not, he himself, said to me, My sister, is she? and even she herself, said, My brother, is he? In the integrity of my heart and in the pureness of my hand, have I done this!

Genesis 26:7
Then asked the men of the place as to his wife, and he said, My sister, is she, - For he feared to say My wife, lest said he the men of the place should slay me on account of Rebekah, for fair to Nook on, she is.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king answered the people roughly,.... In a blustering manner, gave them hard words and severe menaces, being worked up to such a spirit by his young counsellors:

and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him: to give them good words and kind promises.