Devine Scripture

2 Chronicles 10:9

2 Chronicles chapter 10 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?

Context

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.

v.9This passage

v.10And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Chronicles 10:6

    And 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?

  • 1 Kings 22:6

    Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.

  • 2 Samuel 17:5

    Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.