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1 Kings 12:8
New English Translation
1 Kings 12:8
New English Translation
8 But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up.[a]
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- 1 Kings 12:8 tn Heb “He rejected the advice of the elders which they advised and he consulted the young men with whom he had grown up, who stood before him.” The referent (Rehoboam) of the initial pronoun (“he”) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
1 Kings 12:8
New International Version
1 Kings 12:8
New International Version
8 But Rehoboam rejected(A) the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.
1 Kings 12:8
King James Version
1 Kings 12:8
King James Version
8 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:
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1 Kings 12:8
English Standard Version
1 Kings 12:8
English Standard Version
8 But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.
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