12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying: Come to me again the third day.


In Context

9 And he said to them: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people, who have said to me: Make the yoke which thy father put upon us lighter?

10 And the young men that had been brought up with him, said: Thus shalt thou speak to this people, who have spoken to thee, saying: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease us. Thou shalt say to them: My little finger is thicker than the back of my father.

11 And now my father put a, heavy yoke upon you, but I will add to your yoke: my father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.

12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying: Come to me again the third day.

13 And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,

14 And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.

1 Kings 12:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:12Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, "Come back to me in three days."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:12And Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed saying, Come again to me on the third day.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, |Come to me again the third day.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:12And they come — Jeroboam and all the people — unto Rehoboam, on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, 'Come back unto me on the third day.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.