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the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Wycliffe Bible

2 Chronicles 10:5

After thre daies turne ye ayen to me. And whanne the puple was goon, he took counsel with elde men,

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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde vnto them: Come to me agayne ouer thre dayes. And ye people wente their waye.
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.
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 Forsothe Roboam yede forth in to Sichem; for al Israel came togidere thidur to make hym kyng. 2 And whanne Jeroboam, the sone of Nabath, that was in Egipt, `for he fledde thidur bifor Salomon, hadde herd this, he turnyde ayen anoon. 3 And thei clepiden hym, and he cam with al Israel, and thei spaken to Roboam, and seiden, 4 Thi fadir oppresside vs with ful hard yok; comaunde thou liytere thingis than thi fader, that settide on vs a greuouse seruage; and releese thou a litil of `the birthun, that we serue thee. And he seide, 5 After thre daies turne ye ayen to me. And whanne the puple was goon, he took counsel with elde men, 6 that stoden bifor his fadir Salomon, while he lyuyde yit, and seide, What counsel yyuen ye, that Y answere to the puple? 7 And thei seiden to hym, If thou plesist this puple, and makist hem softe bi meke wordis, thei schulen serue thee in al tyme. 8 And he forsook the counsel of elde men, and bigan to trete with yonge men, that weren nurischid with hym, and weren in his cumpenye. 9 And he seide to hem, What semeth to you? ether what owe Y answere to this puple, that seide to me, Releese thou the yok, which thi fadir puttide on vs? 10 And thei answeriden, as yonge men and nurschyd with hym in delicis, and seiden, Thus thou schalt speke to the puple that seide to thee, Thi fadir made greuouse oure yok, releese thou; and thus thou schalt answere to hem, My leeste fyngur is gretter than the leendis of my fader;

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
These ben the generaciouns of the sones of Noe, Sem, Cham, and Jafeth. And sones weren borun to hem aftir the greet flood.
Genesis 10:9
and he was a strong huntere of men bifore the Lord; of hym a prouerbe yede out, as Nemroth, a strong huntere bifore the Lord.
Genesis 10:20
These weren the sones of Cham, in her kynredis, and langagis, and generaciouns, and londis, and folkis.
Genesis 10:25
And twei sones weren borun to Heber, the name to o sone was Faleg, for the lond was departid in hise daies; and the name of his brothir was Jectan.
Psalms 72:10
The kyngis of Tarsis and ilis schulen offre yiftis; the kyngis of Arabie and of Saba schulen brynge yiftis.
Isaiah 24:15
For this thing glorifie ye the Lord in techyngis; in the ilis of the see glorifie ye the name of the Lord God of Israel.
Isaiah 40:15
Lo! folkis ben as a drope of a boket, and ben arettid as the tunge of a balaunce; lo!
Isaiah 41:5
Ilis sien, and dredden; the laste partis of erthe were astonyed; thei camen niy, and neiyiden.
Isaiah 42:4
He schal not be sorewful, nether troblid, til he sette doom in erthe, and ilis schulen abide his lawe.
Isaiah 42:10
Synge ye a newe song to the Lord; his heriyng is fro the laste partis of erthe; ye that goon doun in to the see, and the fulnesse therof, ilis, and the dwelleris of tho.

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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