1 Kings 12:13

JPS Old Testament

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given 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:

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king answered the people, harshly, - and declined the counsel of the elders wherewith they had counselled 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 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 yet in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt, ³ and they sent and called him--that Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spoke unto 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: 'Depart yet for three days, then come again to me.' 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 spoke unto him, saying: 'If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.' 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 spoke unto him, saying: 'Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spoke unto thee, saying: Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto 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 them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

Genesis 12:3
And I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse; and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.'

Genesis 12:5
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

Genesis 12:6
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the terebinth of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

Genesis 12:8
And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east; and he builded there an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

Genesis 12:12
And it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say: This is his wife; and they will kill me, but thee they will keep alive.

Genesis 12:13
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.'

Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: 'She is my sister.' And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

Genesis 20:5
Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she herself said: He is my brother. In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.'

Genesis 26:7
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said: 'She is my sister'; for he feared to say: 'My wife'; 'lest the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she is fair to look upon.'

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.