1 Kings 12:13

Legacy Standard Bible

And the king answered the people harshly, and he forsook the counsel of the elders 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,

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

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

¹Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. ²And it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, he was living in Egypt (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon). ³Then they sent and called for him. And Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, ⁴"Your father made our yoke harsh; but you, now, lighten the harsh service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you." ⁵Then he said to them, "Go for three days, then return to me." So the people went away. ⁶Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the elders who had stood before his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you counsel me to respond to this people?" ⁷And they spoke to him, saying, "If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever." ⁸But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had counseled him, and took counsel with the young men who grew up with him and stood before him. ⁹So he said to them, "What counsel do you give that we may respond to this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us'?" ¹⁰Then the young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!' Thus you shall speak to 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
Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.

Genesis 12:3
And I will bless those who bless you,And the one who curses you I will curse.And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed."

Genesis 12:5
So Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go forth to the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan.

Genesis 12:6
And Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanite was then in the land.

Genesis 12:8
Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to Yahweh and called upon the name of Yahweh.

Genesis 12:12
and it will be when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife'; and they will kill me, but they will let you live.

Genesis 12:13
Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may live on account of you."

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

Genesis 20:5
Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister'? And she herself also said, ‘He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this."

Genesis 26:7
Then the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "my wife," thinking, "lest the men of the place kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is beautiful in appearance."

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.