2 Chronicles 10:7

English Revised Version

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 forever.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They replied, “If you will be kind to this people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

Hebrew Names Version
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.

King James Version
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.

English Standard Version
And they said to him, "If you will be good to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."

New Century Version
They answered, "Be kind to these people. If you please them and give them a kind answer, they will serve you always."

New English Translation
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."

Amplified Bible
They answered him, saying, "If you are kind to these people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."

New American Standard Bible
They spoke to him, saying, "If you are kind to this people and please them and speak pleasant words to them, then they will be your servants always."

World English Bible
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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they spake vnto him, saying, If thou be kinde to this people, and please them, and speake louing words to them, they will be thy seruants for euer.

Legacy Standard Bible
And they spoke to him, saying, "If you will be good to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."

Berean Standard Bible
They replied, "If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever."

Contemporary English Version
They answered, "If you want them to serve and obey you, then you should be kind and promise to make their work easier."

Complete Jewish Bible
They said to him, "If you will treat these people kindly, pleasing them and giving them favorable consideration, they will be your servants forever."

Darby Translation
And they spoke to 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.

Easy-to-Read Version
They answered, "If you do what is good for the people, you will please them. If you speak kindly to them, they will always work for you."

George Lamsa Translation
And they spoke to him, saying, If you will answer kindly to this people, and please them and speak good words to them, they will be your servants for ever.

Good News Translation
They replied, "If you are kind to these people and try to please them by giving a considerate answer, they will always serve you loyally."

Lexham English Bible
And they said to him, "If you will be good to this people and please them, then speak good words to them. Then they will be your servants forever."

Literal Translation
And they spoke to him, saying, If you will be good to this people, and will please them, and will speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They spake vnto him, and sayde: Yf thou be louynge vnto this people, and deale gently with them, and geue them good wordes, then shal they allwaye be obedient vnto the.

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they tolde him, saying: If thou be kinde to this people, and shewe thy selfe lowlie to them, and speake louyng wordes to them, they wyll be thy seruauntes for euer.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they spoke 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.'

King James Version (1611)
And they spake vnto him, saying, If thou bee kinde to this people, and please them, and speake good words to them, they will be thy seruants for euer.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they spoke to him, saying, If thou wouldest this day befriend this people, and be kind to them, and speak to them good words, then will they be thy servants for ever.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei seiden to hym, If thou plesist this puple, and makist hem softe bi meke wordis, thei schulen serue thee in al tyme.

Update Bible Version
And 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 slaves forever.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they spoke to him, saying, If thou wilt be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.

New King James Version
And they spoke to him, saying, "If you are kind to these people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever."

New Living Translation
The older counselors replied, "If you are good to these people and do your best to please them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your loyal subjects."

New Life Bible
They said to him, "If you will be kind to these people and please them and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever."

New Revised Standard
They answered him, "If you will be kind to this people and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they spake unto him saying, If thou wilt be kind to this people, and please them, and speak unto them kind words, then will they be thy servants, all the days.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they said to him: If thou please this people, and soothe them with kind words, they will be thy servants for ever.

Revised Standard Version
And they said to him, "If you will be kind to this people and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever."

Young's Literal Translation
And they speak unto him, saying, `If thou dost become good to this people, and hast been pleased with them, and spoken unto them good words, then they have been to thee servants all the days.'

THE MESSAGE
They said, "If you will be a servant to this people, be considerate of their needs and respond with compassion, work things out with them, they'll end up doing anything for you."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They spoke to him, saying, "If you will be kind to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."

Contextual Overview

¹ And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. ² And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, (for he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon,) that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. ³ And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spake to Rehoboam, saying, ⁴ Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. ⁵ And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed. ⁶ And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people? ⁷ 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 forever. ⁸ 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. ⁹ And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter? ¹⁰ And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

If thou be kind: 1 Kings 12:7, Proverbs 15:1

speak good: Genesis 49:21, 2 Samuel 15:2-6

Cross-References

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

1 Kings 10:1
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.

Psalms 72:10
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

Isaiah 21:13
The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanites.

Ezekiel 27:15
The men of Dedan were thy traffickers: many isles were the mart of thine hand: they brought thee in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.

Ezekiel 27:22
The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy traffickers: they traded for thy wares with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The narrative of Kings (marginal reference) is repeated with only slight verbal differences.