5And he saith unto them, 'Go — yet three days, and come back unto me;' and the people go.


In Context

2 And it cometh to pass, at Jeroboam son of Nebat's hearing (and he is yet in Egypt where he hath fled from the presence of Solomon the king, and Jeroboam dwelleth in Egypt),

3 that they send and call for him; and they come — Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel — and speak unto Rehoboam, saying,

4 Thy father made hard our yoke, and thou, now, make light some of the hard service of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.'

5 And he saith unto them, 'Go — yet three days, and come back unto me;' and the people go.

6 And king Rehoboam consulteth with the elders who have been standing in the presence of Solomon his father, in his being alive, saying, 'How are ye counselling to answer this people?'

7 And they speak unto him, saying, 'If, to-day, thou art servant to this people, and hast served them, and answered them, and spoken unto them good words, then they have been to thee servants all the days.'

1 Kings 12:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:5Rehoboam answered, "Go away for three days and then come back to me." So the people went away.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:5And he said unto them, Depart yet [for] three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:5And he said to them: Go till the third day, and come to me again. And when the people was gone,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:5And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:5And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:5And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:5And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:5He said to them, |Depart for three days, then come back to me.| The people departed.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:5And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.