Then the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the elders’ advice

罗波安王用严厉的话回复他们，不用老年人所出的主意，

王严厉地回答他们。罗波安王不采纳长者所出的主意，

王严厉地回答他们。罗波安王不采纳长者所出的主意，

罗波安王没有采纳老臣的建议，而是照青年臣僚的建议，疾言厉色地对他们说：“我父亲使你们负重担，我要使你们负更重的担子！我父亲用鞭子打你们，我要用刺鞭打你们！”

罗波安王很严厉地回答他们。罗波安王不接受老人的意见，

羅波安王用嚴厲的話回覆他們，不用老年人所出的主意，

王嚴厲地回答他們。羅波安王不採納長者所出的主意，

王嚴厲地回答他們。羅波安王不採納長者所出的主意，

羅波安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！」

羅波安王很嚴厲地回答他們。羅波安王不接受老人的意見，

羅波安王很嚴厲地回答他們：羅波安王棄絕了老年人出的主意。

羅波安王以厲詞答之、違棄耆老之謀、

王不用老者之言、而從少者之謀、叱斯民曰、我父使爾負重軛、我必益之、父以鞭責爾、我必以蠍螫爾。

羅波安王以厲言答民、不用老者之謀、

The king answered them harshly. Rejecting the advice of the elders,

The king answered them in a mean way. He didn’t accept the advice of the elders.

And the king answered them harshly; and forsaking the counsel of the old men,

But Rehoboam spoke harshly to them, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors

Then the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the elders’ advice

The king answered them harshly, and King Rehoboam ignored the advice of the elders.

Then the king answered them roughly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders,

And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

The king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam abandoned the counsel of the old men,

If you stop listening to correction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Nabal asked them,“ Who is David? Who is Jesse’s son? Many slaves these days are running away from their masters.Am I supposed to take my bread, my water, and my meat that I butchered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don’t know where they are from.”

But at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they will search your palace and your servants’ houses. They will lay their hands on and take away whatever is precious to you.’”Then the king of Israel called for all the elders of the land and said,“ Think it over and you will see that this one is only looking for trouble, for he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I didn’t turn him down.”All the elders and all the people said to him,“ Don’t listen or agree.”So he said to Ben-hadad’s messengers,“ Say to my lord the king,‘ Everything you demanded of your servant the first time, I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” So the messengers left and took word back to him.Then Ben-hadad sent messengers to him and said,“ May the gods punish me and do so severely if Samaria’s dust amounts to a handful for each of the people who follow me.”The king of Israel answered,“ Say this:‘ Don’t let the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.’”

A gentle answer turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them.“ Where do you come from?” he asked.“ From the land of Canaan to buy food,” they replied.

“ The man who is the lord of the country spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him, and he consulted with the young men who had grown up with him, the ones serving him.

Pharaoh said to him,“ Leave me! Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”