2 Chronicles 10:7
2 Chronicles chapter 10 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
Context
v.6And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?
v.7This passage
v.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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.
- Genesis 49:21
Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words.
- 2 Samuel 15:2
And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that, when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
- 1 Kings 12:7
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.