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1 Kings 12:8

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6 Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

7 They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

9 He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

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BSB
But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
KJV
But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
WEB
But he abandoned 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.
ASV
But 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.
DARBY
But 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.
BLB
And he rejected the counsel of the elders that they counseled him, and he counseled with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before his face.
ÅB
Men han aktet ikke på det råd som de gamle hadde gitt ham, men rådførte seg med de unge, som var vokst opp sammen med ham, og som nå var i hans tjeneste.
OTB
Men han forlot de eldres råd som de hadde gitt ham, og rådførte seg med de unge mennene som hadde vokst opp med ham og tjente ham.
B1930
Men han aktet ikke på det råd som de gamle hadde gitt ham, men rådførte sig med de unge, som var vokset op sammen med ham, og som nu var i hans tjeneste.

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