2 Chronicles 10:9

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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’?””

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BSBPD

“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’?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and he saith unto them, `What are ye counselling, and we answer this people that have spoken unto me, saying, Make light <FI>somewhat<Fi> of the yoke that thy father put upon us?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Chronicles 10:9 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 17:5Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
  2. 1 Kings 12:9He 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’?”
  3. 1 Kings 22:6So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 10:6Then 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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