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I Kings 12:Verse 13

KJV
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And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;

Proverbs 13:20Proverbs 10:32Ecclesiastes 10:12James 3:17Proverbs 18:23
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What Does I Kings 12:13 Mean?

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"Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him. The narrator's summary is devastatingly simple: "ro..."

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King James VersionPrimary
KJV

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;

American Standard Version
ASV

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

American King James Version
AKJV

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;

Bible in Basic English
BBE

And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;

Young's Literal Translation
YLT

And the king answereth the people sharply, and forsaketh the counsel of the elders which they counselled him,

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

Darby Translation
Darby

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him;

Webster Bible
Webster

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

And the king answered the people sharpely, and left the old mens counsell that they gaue him,

Douay-Rheims
DRC

And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

And the king answered the people, harshly,—and declined the counsel of the elders wherewith they had counselled him;

Literal Translation
LITV

And the king replied to the people harshly, and forsook the counsel of the elders which they advised him,

Modern King James
MKJV

And the king answered the people roughly, and left the old men's advice which they advised him,

Updated King James
UKJV

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

Lexham English Bible
LEB

Then the king answered all the people harshly, as he had rejected the advice of the old men that they had offered.

Jewish Publication Society
JPS

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him;

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

And the king responded to the people harshly, leaving behind the counsel of the elders that they had given to him.

Berean Study Bible
BSB

And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

Revised Webster
RWebster

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

And the kyng answeride harde thingis to the puple, while the counsel of eldere men was forsakun, which thei hadden youe to hym;

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Proverbs 13:20Proverbs 10:32Ecclesiastes 10:12James 3:17Proverbs 18:23Proverbs 10:11Proverbs 13:20Proverbs 10:32Ecclesiastes 10:12James 3:17
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