2 Chronicles 10:7

Literal Standard Version

And they speak to him, saying, "If you become good to this people, and have been pleased with them, and spoken to them good words, then they have been servants to you [for] all the days."

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.

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.

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

¹And Rehoboam goes to Shechem, for all of Israel has come [to] Shechem to cause him to reign. ²And it comes to pass, at Jeroboam son of Nebat—who [is] in Egypt because he has fled from the face of Solomon the king—hearing, that Jeroboam turns back out of Egypt; ³and they send and call for him, and Jeroboam comes in, and all of Israel, and they speak to Rehoboam, saying, ⁴"Your father made our yoke sharp, and now, make light [some] of the sharp service of your father, and [some] of his heavy yoke that he put on us, and we serve you." ⁵And he says to them, "Yet three days—then return to me"; and the people go. ⁶And King Rehoboam consults with the aged men who have been standing before his father Solomon in his being alive, saying, "How are you counseling to answer this people?" ⁷And they speak to him, saying, "If you become good to this people, and have been pleased with them, and spoken to them good words, then they have been servants to you [for] all the days."⁸And he forsakes the counsel of the aged men that they counseled him, and consults with the boys who have grown up with him, those standing before him, ⁹and he says to them, "What are you counseling, and we answer this people that have spoken to me, saying, Make light [some] of the yoke that your father put on us?" ¹⁰And the boys who have grown up with him speak with him, saying, "Thus you say to the people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, and you, make light [some] of our yoke; thus you say to them, My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father;

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] Pison, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of Havilah where the gold [is],

1 Kings 10:1
And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the Name of YHWH, and comes to try him with enigmas,

Psalms 72:10
Kings of Tarshish and of the islands send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba bring a reward near.

Isaiah 21:13
The burden on Arabia. You lodge in a forest in Arabia, || O caravans of Dedanim.

Ezekiel 27:15
Sons of Dedan [are] your merchants, || Many islands [are] the market of your hand, || They sent back horns of ivory and ebony [for] your reward.

Ezekiel 27:22
Merchants of Sheba and Raamah—they [are] your merchants, || They have given the chief of all spices, || And every precious stone, and gold [for] your wares.

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.