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

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,

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

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,

Cease, my son, to hear instruction Only to err from the words of knowledge.

And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now- a- days that break away every man from his master.Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?

but I will send my servants unto thee to- morrow about this time, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken thou not, neither consent.Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben- hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.And Ben- hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armor boast himself as he that putteth it off.

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

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.

And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in the day thou seest my face thou shalt die.