2 Chronicles 10:8
 2 Chronicles 10:8 
New International Version (©2011)
But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.

New Living Translation (©2007)
But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the older men and instead asked the opinion of the young men who had grown up with him and were now his advisers.

English Standard Version (©2001)
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.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
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.

International Standard Version (©2012)
But Rehoboam ignored the counsel that his elder advisors had given him. Instead, he consulted the younger men who had grown up with him and worked for him.

NET Bible (©2006)
But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
But he ignored the advice the older leaders gave him. He sought advice from the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

American King James Version
But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

American Standard Version
But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, end began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train.

Darby Bible Translation
But he forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, that stood before him.

English Revised Version
But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.

Webster's Bible Translation
But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

World English Bible
But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

Young's Literal Translation
And he forsaketh the counsel of the aged men that they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, those standing before him,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

10:1-19 The ten tribes revolt from Rehoboam. - Moderate counsels are wisest and best. Gentleness will do what violence will not do. Most people like to be accosted mildly. Good words cost only a little self-denial, yet they purchase great things. No more needs to be done to ruin men, than to leave them to their own pride and passion. Thus, whatever are the devices of men, God is doing his own work by all, and fulfilling the word which he has spoken. No man can bequeath his prosperity to his heirs any more than his wisdom; though our children will generally be affected by our conduct, whether good or bad. Let us then seek those good things which will be our own for ever; and crave the blessing of God upon our posterity, in preference to wealth or worldly exaltation.


2 Chronicles 10:8 Parallel Commentaries
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Rebellion against Rehoboam
7And they spoke to him, saying, If you be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants for ever. 8But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him. 9And he said to them, What advice give you that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that your father did put on us? …

2 Samuel 17:14 Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Arkite is better than that of Ahithophel." For the LORD had determined to frustrate the good advice of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
2 Chronicles 10:9 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'?"
Proverbs 13:20 Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.