2 Chronicles 10:8

In 11 translations

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 which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that 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.

LSV

And he forsakes the counsel of the aged men that they counseled him, and consults with the boys who have grown up with him, those standing before him,

YLT

And 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,

DBY

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.

DRC

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

GNV

But hee left the counsel of the ancient men that they had giuen him, and tooke counsell of the yong men that were brought vp with him, and waited on him.

JPS

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.

LXXE

But he forsook the advice of the old men, who took counsel with him, and he took counsel with the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before him.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַֽיַּעֲזֹ֛ב אֶת־עֲצַ֥ת הַזְּקֵנִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְעָצֻ֑הוּ וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץ אֶת־הַיְלָדִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר גָּדְל֣וּ אִתּ֔וֹ הָעֹמְדִ֖ים לְפָנָֽיו׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ κατέλιπε τὴν βουλὴν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, οἳ συνεβουλεύσαντο αὐτῷ· καὶ συνεβουλεύσατο μετὰ τῶν παιδαρίων τῶν συνεκτραφέντων μετʼ αὐτοῦ τῶν ἑστηκότων ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 1:25because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
• 2 Samuel 17:14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
• Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
• Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.
• Proverbs 9:9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
• Ecclesiastes 10:2–3A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.
• 2 Chronicles 25:15–16Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?” While he was still speaking, the king…
• Isaiah 30:1“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
• Proverbs 19:20Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
• Proverbs 25:12Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.

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