8But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.


In Context

5 He said to them, |Come again to me after three days.| The people departed.

6 King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, |What counsel do you give me to return answer to this people?|

7 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.|

8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

9 He said to them, |What counsel do you give, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, 'Make the yoke that your father did put on us lighter?'|

10 The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, |Thus you shall tell the people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter on us;' thus you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist.

2 Chronicles 10:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:8But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:8But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:8But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, end began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:8But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8But he forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, that stood before him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:8But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8And he forsaketh the counsel of the aged men that they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, those standing before him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:8But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.