1 Kings 20:8

Wycliffe Bible

And alle the gretter men in birthe, and al the puple seiden to hym, Here thou not, nether assente thou to hym.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen or agree.”

Hebrew Names Version
All the Zakenim and all the people said to him, Don't you listen, neither consent.

King James Version
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.

English Standard Version
And all the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen or consent."

New Century Version
The elders and all the people said, "Don't listen to him or agree to this."

New English Translation
All the leaders and people said to him, "Do not give in or agree to his demands."

Amplified Bible
All the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen or consent [to this additional demand]."

New American Standard Bible
Then all the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen nor consent."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And all the Elders, and all the people sayd to him, Hearken not vnto him, nor consent.

Legacy Standard Bible
And all the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen or consent."

Contemporary English Version
"Don't listen to him!" they answered. "You don't have to do what he says."

Complete Jewish Bible
All the leaders and all the people said to him, "Don't listen, and don't agree."

Darby Translation
And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not, nor consent.

Easy-to-Read Version
But the elders and all the people said, "Don't obey him or do what he says."

George Lamsa Translation
And all the elders and all the people said to him, Do not hearken to him, nor consent.

Good News Translation
The leaders and the people answered, "Don't pay any attention to him; don't give in."

Lexham English Bible
All of the elders and all of the people said to him, "Do not listen and do not consent."

Literal Translation
And all the elders and all the people said to him, Do not listen nor consent.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde all the Elders and all the people vnto him: Thou shalt not cosente ner agree vnto him.

American Standard Version
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken thou not, neither consent.

Bible in Basic English
And all the responsible men and the people said to him, Do not give attention to him or do what he says.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And all the elders and all the people said: Hearken not vnto him, nor consent.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And all the elders and all the people said unto him: 'Hearken thou not, neither consent.'

King James Version (1611)
And all the Elders, and all the people said vnto him; Hearken not vnto him, nor consent.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And she wrote a letter in the name of Achaab, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders, and to the freemen who dwelt with Nabuthai.

English Revised Version
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken thou not, neither consent.

Berean Standard Bible
And the elders and the people all said, "Do not listen to him or consent to his terms."

Young's Literal Translation
And all the elders and all the people say unto him, `Do not hearken, nor consent.'

Update Bible Version
And all the elders and all the people said to him, Don't listen, neither consent.

Webster's Bible Translation
And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not [to him], nor consent.

World English Bible
All the elders and all the people said to him, Don't you listen, neither consent.

New King James Version
And all the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen or consent."

New Living Translation
"Don't give in to any more demands," all the elders and the people advised.

New Life Bible
Then all the leaders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen or agree."

New Revised Standard
Then all the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen or consent."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, - Do not thou hearken, neither do thou consent.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the ancients, and all the people said to him: Hearken not to him, nor consent to him.

Revised Standard Version
And all the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not heed or consent."

THE MESSAGE
The elders, backed by the people, said, "Don't cave in to him. Don't give an inch."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
All the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen or consent."

Contextual Overview

¹ Forsothe Benadab, kyng of Sirye, gaderide al his oost, and two and thritti kyngis with hym, and horsis, and charis; and he stiede ayens Samarie, and fauyt, and bisegide it. ² And he sente messangeris to Achab, kyng of Israel, in to the citee, ³ and seide, Benadab seith these thingis, Thi siluer and thi gold is myn, and thi wyues, and thi beste sones ben myn. ⁴ And the kyng of Israel answeride, Bi thi word, my lord the kyng, Y am thin, and alle my thingis `ben thine. ⁵ And the messangeris turneden ayen, and seiden, Benadab, that sente vs to thee, seith these thingis, Thou schalt yyue to me thi siluer, and thi gold, and thi wyues, and thi sones. ⁶ Therfor to morewe, in this same our, Y schal sende my seruauntis to thee, and thei schulen seke thin hows, and the hows of thi seruauntis; and thei schulen putte in her hondis, and take awey al thing that schal plese hem. ⁷ Forsothe the kyng of Israel clepide alle the eldere men of the lond, and seide, Perseyue ye, and se, that he settith tresoun to vs; for he sente to me for my wyues, and sones, and for siluer, and gold, and Y forsook not. ⁸ And alle the gretter men in birthe, and al the puple seiden to hym, Here thou not, nether assente thou to hym. ⁹ And he answeride to the messangeris of Benadab, Seie ye to my lord the kyng, Y schal do alle thingis, for whiche thou sentist in the bigynnyng to me, thi seruaunt; forsothe Y may not do this thing. ¹⁰ And the messangeris turneden ayen, and telden alle thingis to hym. Which sente ayen, and seide, Goddis do these thingis to me, and adde these thingis, if the dust of Samarie schal suffice to the fistis of al the puple that sueth me.

Bible Verse Review
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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And all the elders and all the people said unto him,.... They were unanimous in their advice:

hearken not [unto him], nor consent; promising, no doubt, that they would stand by him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“The people” had no distinct place in the ordinary Jewish or Israelite constitution; but they were accustomed to signify their approbation or disapprobation of the decisions of the elders by acclamations or complaints (Joshua 9:18; Judges 11:11, etc.).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 20:8. Hearken not unto him — The elders had every thing at stake, and they chose rather to make a desperate defense than tamely to yield to such degrading and ruinous conditions.