Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people went away. New Living Translation Rehoboam replied, “Come back in three days for my answer.” So the people went away. English Standard Version He said to them, “Come to me again in three days.” So the people went away. Berean Standard Bible Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people departed. King James Bible And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed. New King James Version So he said to them, “Come back to me after three days.” And the people departed. New American Standard Bible He said to them, “Return to me again in three days.” So the people departed. NASB 1995 He said to them, “Return to me again in three days.” So the people departed. NASB 1977 And he said to them, “Return to me again in three days.” So the people departed. Legacy Standard Bible Then he said to them, “Return to me again in three days.” So the people went away. Amplified Bible Rehoboam replied, “Come back to me again in three days.” So the people departed. Christian Standard Bible Rehoboam replied, “Return to me in three days.” So the people left. Holman Christian Standard Bible Rehoboam replied, “Return to me in three days.” So the people left. American Standard Version And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he said to them: “Go, and after three days come to me.” And the people came to him. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he said to them, Go away for three days, and then come to me. So the people departed. Contemporary English Version Rehoboam replied, "Come back in three days for my answer." So the people left. Douay-Rheims Bible And he said to them: Come to me again after three days. And when the people were gone, English Revised Version And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed. GOD'S WORD® Translation He said to them, "Come back the day after tomorrow." So the people left. Good News Translation Rehoboam replied, "Give me three days to consider the matter. Then come back." So the people left. International Standard Version "Come back again in three days," Rehoboam told them. So the people left JPS Tanakh 1917 And he said unto them: 'Come again unto me after three days.' And the people departed. Literal Standard Version And he says to them, “Yet three days—then return to me”; and the people go. Majority Standard Bible Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people departed. New American Bible He answered them, “Come back to me in three days,” and the people went away. NET Bible He said to them, "Go away for three days, then return to me." So the people went away. New Revised Standard Version He said to them, “Come to me again in three days.” So the people went away. New Heart English Bible He said to them, "Come again to me after three days." The people departed. Webster's Bible Translation And he said to them, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed. World English Bible He said to them, “Come again to me after three days.” So the people departed. Young's Literal Translation And he saith unto them, 'Yet three days -- then return ye unto me;' and the people go. Additional Translations ... Context Rebellion Against Rehoboam…4“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.” 5Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people departed. 6Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.… Cross References 2 Chronicles 10:4 "Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father's service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you." 2 Chronicles 10:6 Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. "How do you advise me to respond to these people?" he asked. Treasury of Scripture And he said to them, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed. Come again 1 Kings 12:5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. Proverbs 3:28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. Jump to Previous Departed Rehoboam ThreeJump to Next Departed Rehoboam Three2 Chronicles 10 1. The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam, 3. by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him, 6. Rehoboam, refusing the old mens' counsel, answers them roughly, 16. Ten tribes revolting, kill Hadoram, and make Rehoboam flee (5) Come again unto me after three days.--Hob., Yet three days and return unto me. The verb go ye (Kings) seems to have fallen out before the first words. The LXX., Syriac, and Arabic have it. Departed.--Singular; Kings, plural. Contrast 2Chronicles 10:1. Verse 5. - This first reply of Rehoboam was not necessarily inauspicious. Yet sometimes, as it proved now, the caution that takes time to consider heralds fatal mistake. This is when either a generous, instinctive impulse, asking an instantaneous obedience, is chilled by some self-regard; or yet worse, when the offended Spirit is restrained, and no inner guiding voice is heard, as Saul found, to his ruin.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Rehoboam answered,וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Come back וְשׁ֣וּבוּ (wə·šū·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to me אֵלָ֑י (’ê·lāy) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to in ע֛וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more three שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת (šə·lō·šeṯ) Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice days.” יָמִ֖ים (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day So the people הָעָֽם׃ (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock departed. וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk Links 2 Chronicles 10:5 NIV2 Chronicles 10:5 NLT 2 Chronicles 10:5 ESV 2 Chronicles 10:5 NASB 2 Chronicles 10:5 KJV 2 Chronicles 10:5 BibleApps.com 2 Chronicles 10:5 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 10:5 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 10:5 French Bible 2 Chronicles 10:5 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Chronicles 10:5 He said to them Come again (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) |
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