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Myles Coverdale Bible

2 Chronicles 10:5

He sayde vnto them: Come to me agayne ouer thre dayes. And ye people wente their waye.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Candidate;   Rehoboam;   Rulers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jeroboam;   Rehoboam;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Divided Kingdom;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Jonah ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Rehoboam;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Rehoboam replied, “Return to me in three days.” So the people left.
Hebrew Names Version
He said to them, Come again to me after three days. The people departed.
King James Version
And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
English Standard Version
He said to them, "Come to me again in three days." So the people went away.
New Century Version
Rehoboam answered, "Come back to me in three days." So the people left.
New English Translation
He said to them, "Go away for three days, then return to me." So the people went away.
Amplified Bible
Rehoboam replied, "Come back to me again in three days." So the people departed.
New American Standard Bible
He said to them, "Return to me again in three days." So the people departed.
World English Bible
He said to them, Come again to me after three days. The people departed.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he sayde to them, Depart yet three dayes, then come againe vnto me. And the people departed.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he said to them, "Return to me again in three days." So the people went away.
Berean Standard Bible
Rehoboam answered, "Come back to me in three days." So the people departed.
Contemporary English Version
Rehoboam replied, "Come back in three days for my answer." So the people left.
Complete Jewish Bible
He said to them, "Come back to me after three days." So the people left.
Darby Translation
And he said to them, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed.
Easy-to-Read Version
Rehoboam answered, "Come back to me in three days, and I will answer you." So the people left.
George Lamsa Translation
And he said to them, Go away and come again to me after three days. And the people departed.
Good News Translation
Rehoboam replied, "Give me three days to consider the matter. Then come back." So the people left.
Lexham English Bible
And he said to them, "In three days return to me again." And the people went away.
Literal Translation
And he said to them, Come again to me in three days; and the people went away.
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, Come to me again after three days. So the people went away.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he saide to them: Come againe vnto me after three dayes. And the people departed.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said unto them: 'Come again unto me after three days.' And the people departed.
King James Version (1611)
And hee said vnto them, Come againe vnto me after three dayes. And the people departed.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said to them, Go away for three days, and then come to me. So the people departed.
English Revised Version
And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
After thre daies turne ye ayen to me. And whanne the puple was goon, he took counsel with elde men,
Update Bible Version
And he said to them, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed.
New King James Version
So he said to them, "Come back to me after three days." And the people departed.
New Living Translation
Rehoboam replied, "Come back in three days for my answer." So the people went away.
New Life Bible
Rehoboam said to them, "Come to me again in three days." So the people left.
New Revised Standard
He said to them, "Come to me again in three days." So the people went away.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said unto them, Yet three days, and then return unto me, - and the people departed.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: Come to me again after three days. And when the people were gone,
Revised Standard Version
He said to them, "Come to me again in three days." So the people went away.
Young's Literal Translation
And he saith unto them, `Yet three days -- then return ye unto me;' and the people go.
THE MESSAGE
"Give me," said Rehoboam, "three days to think it over; then come back." So the people left.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said to them, "Return to me again in three days." So the people departed.

Contextual Overview

1 Roboam wente vnto Sichem: for all Israel was come vnto Sichem: to make him kinge. 2 And whan Ieroboa the sonne of Nebat herde that, which was in Egipte ( whither he was fled for kynge Salomon) he came agayne out of Egipte. 3 And they sent for him and called him. And Ieroboam came with all Israel, and spake to Roboam, and sayde: 4 Thy father made or yocke greuous: make thou lighter now ye harde bondage of thy father, and ye heuy yocke that he layed vpon vs, and we wyll submytte oure selues vnto the. 5 He sayde vnto them: Come to me agayne ouer thre dayes. And ye people wente their waye. 6 And Roboam the kynge axed coucell at the Elders, which had stonde before Salomon his father whyle he lyued, and he sayde: What is youre councell, that I maye geue this people an answere? 7 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. 8 Neuerthelesse he forsoke the councell of the Elders that they had geuen him, and toke councell at ye yonge men which were growne vp wt him, and stode before him. 9 And he sayde vnto the: What is youre councell, that we maye answere this people, which haue spoken vnto me, and saide: Make oure yock lighter, yt thy father layed vpon vs? 10 The yongemen yt were growne vp with him, spake vnto him, and sayde: Thus shalt thou saye vnto the people, that haue talked with the & spoken: Thy father made oure yock to heuy, make thou or yock lighter, Thus shalt thou saye vnto them: My litle finger shalbe thicker then my fathers loynes.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Come again: 1 Kings 12:5, Proverbs 3:28

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 12:4 - our yoke 2 Chronicles 10:12 - Come

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
This is the generacion of the childre of Noe, Sem, Ham, and Iaphet, & they begat children after the floude.
Genesis 10:9
and was a mightie hunter in the sight of the LORDE. Therof commeth the prouerbe: This is a mightie hunter before the LORDE like as Nemrod.
Genesis 10:20
These are the children of Ham in their kynreds, tunges, londes & people.
Genesis 10:25
Eber begat two sonnes: the name of the one was Peleg, because that in his tyme the worlde was deuyded, and his brothers name was Iaketan,
Psalms 72:10
The kynges of the see and of the Iles shal brynge presentes, ye kinges of Araby & Saba shall offre giftes.
Isaiah 24:15
& prayse the name of the LORDE God of Israel, in the valeis and Ilodes.
Isaiah 40:15
Beholde, all people are in coparison of him, as a droppe to a bucketfull, and are counted as the leest thinge yt the balaunce weyeth. Beholde, ye Iles are in comparison of him, as the shadowe of the Sonne beame.
Isaiah 41:5
Beholde ye Iles, that ye maye feare, and ye endes of the earth, that ye maye be abasshed, draw nye, and come hither.
Isaiah 42:4
He shal nether be ouersene ner haistie, that he maye restore rightuousnesse vnto the earth: & the Getiles also shal kepe his lawes.
Isaiah 42:10
Synge therfore vnto the LORDE, a new songe of thakes geuynge, blow out his prayse vnto the ende of the worlde. They that be vpon the see, & all that is therin, prayse him, the Iles & they that dwel in them.

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.


 
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