他們建議說：「現今王若像僕人一樣服侍民眾，對他們好言相待，他們會永遠做王的僕人。」

老年人对他说：“现在王若服侍这民如仆人，用好话回答他们，他们就永远作王的仆人。”

他们对他说：“现在王若像仆人一样服事这百姓，用好话回覆他们，他们就永远作王的仆人了。”

他们对他说：“现在王若像仆人一样服事这百姓，用好话回覆他们，他们就永远作王的仆人了。”

他们建议说：“现今王若像仆人一样服侍民众，对他们好言相待，他们会永远做王的仆人。”

长老对他说：“今天如果王作这民的仆人，服事他们，用好话回答他们，他们就常作王的仆人。”

老年人對他說：「現在王若服事這民如僕人，用好話回答他們，他們就永遠作王的僕人。」

他們對他說：「現在王若像僕人一樣服事這百姓，用好話回覆他們，他們就永遠作王的僕人了。」

他們對他說：「現在王若像僕人一樣服事這百姓，用好話回覆他們，他們就永遠作王的僕人了。」

長老對他說：“今天如果王作這民的僕人，服事他們，用好話回答他們，他們就常作王的僕人。”

老年人對他說：『今天王若肯做這人民的公僕而服事他們，回答他們時對他們說好話，他們就必日日不斷地做王的僕人。』

僉曰、今日爾若願為斯民之僕、而服事之、答以善言、彼必永為爾僕、

曰、為今計、惟順輿情、以善言慰之、彼必永為爾僕。

老者曰、如爾今日在民前自卑如僕、從其所求、以善言答之、則彼必永為爾僕、

They replied,“ If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.”

They replied,“ Serve them today. Give them what they are asking for. Then they’ll always serve you.”

And they said to him,“ If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever.”

The older counselors replied,“ If you are willing to be a servant to these people today and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your loyal subjects.”

They replied,“ Today if you will be a servant to this people and serve them, and if you respond to them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

Then they spoke to him, saying,“ If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their request, and speak pleasant words to them, then they will be your servants always.”

And they spoke to him, saying,“ If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

They replied,“ Today if you will be a servant to these people and serve them, and if you respond to them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

They said to him,“ Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward.”

They replied,“ If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them, and answer them with good words, then they will be your servants forever.”

溫和的回答平息怒氣，粗暴的言詞激起憤怒。

王沒有採納老臣的建議，而是照青年臣僚的建議，疾言厲色地對他們說：「我父親使你們負重擔，我要使你們負更重的擔子！我父親用鞭子打你們，我要用刺鞭打你們！」

如果當權的人向你大發雷霆，不要因此就離開崗位，因為平心靜氣能避免大錯。

但你們不可這樣。你們中間誰要當首領，誰就要做大家的僕人；誰要居首位，誰就要做大家的奴僕。

押沙龍會對他說：「你的申訴合情合理，可惜王沒有派人來聽你申訴。」他接著會說：「要是我被立為國中的審判官就好了！那樣，任何人有申訴都可以來找我，我一定會為他主持公道。」每當有人要向他叩拜，他都伸手扶他，親吻他。押沙龍這樣對待每一個來向王申訴的以色列人，贏得了民心。

反而甘願放下一切，取了奴僕的形像，降生為人的樣子。祂以人的樣子出現後，就自願卑微，順服至死，而且死在十字架上。因此，上帝將祂升為至尊，賜給祂超乎萬名之上的名，使一切天上的、地上的和地底下的，無不屈膝跪拜在耶穌的名下，無不口稱耶穌基督是主，將榮耀歸於父上帝。

耶和華用仁慈、安慰的話回答那位與我說話的天使。

羅波安王去徵詢曾服侍他父親所羅門的老臣的意見，說：「你們認為我該怎樣回覆這些百姓？」他們回稟說：「王若善待這些百姓，使他們喜悅，對他們好言相待，他們會永遠做王的僕人。」