And 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.
What Does II Chronicles 10:7 Mean?
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"Advising the young king to adopt a position of humble service explicitly reverses the traditional ancient Near Eastern expectation of autocratic royal..."
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And 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.
And 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.
And they spoke to him, saying, If you be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants for ever.
And 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.
And they said to him, If you are kind to this people, pleasing them and saying good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever.
And they speak unto him, saying, `If thou dost become good to this people, and hast been pleased with them, and spoken unto them good words, then they have been to thee servants all the days.'
They spoke to him, saying, "If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."
They spoke to him, saying, "If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."
They spoke to him, saying, "If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."
And they spoke to 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.
And they spoke to him, saying, If thou wilt be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
And they spake vnto him, saying, If thou be kinde to this people, and please them, and speake louing words to them, they will be thy seruants for euer.
And they said to him: If thou please this people, and soothe them with kind words, they will be thy servants for ever.
And they spake unto him saying, If thou wilt be kind to this people, and please them, and speak unto them kind words, then will they be thy servants, all the days.
And they spoke to him, saying, If you will be good to this people, and will please them, and will speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.
And they spoke to him saying, If you are kind to this people and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever.
And they spoke unto him, saying, If you be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants for ever.
And they said to him, “If you will be good to this people and please them, then speak good words to them. Then they will be your servants ⌞forever⌟.”
And they spoke 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.'
And they said to him, “If you please this people, and if you soothe them with words of clemency, they will be your servants for all days.”
They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
And they spoke to him, saying, If thou wilt be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
And thei seiden to hym, If thou plesist this puple, and makist hem softe bi meke wordis, thei schulen serue thee in al tyme.
