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1 Kings 12:9
New International Version
1 Kings 12:9
New International Version
9 He asked them, “What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
1 Kings 12:9
English Standard Version
1 Kings 12:9
English Standard Version
9 And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?”
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1 Kings 12:9
New King James Version
1 Kings 12:9
New King James Version
9 And he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”
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1 Kings 12:9
New American Standard Bible
1 Kings 12:9
New American Standard Bible
9 He said to them, “What advice do you give, so that we may answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”
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