Modern Translations New International VersionThey replied, "If you will be kind to these people and please them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants." New Living Translation The older counselors replied, “If you are good to these people and do your best to please them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your loyal subjects.” English Standard Version And they said to him, “If you will be good to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” Berean Study Bible They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.” New American Standard Bible They spoke to him, saying, “If you are kind to this people and please them and speak pleasant words to them, then they will be your servants always.” NASB 1995 They spoke to him, saying, "If you will be kind to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever." NASB 1977 And they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be kind to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” Amplified Bible They answered him, saying, “If you are kind to these people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” Christian Standard Bible They replied, “If you will be kind to this people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.” Holman Christian Standard Bible They replied, "If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever." Contemporary English Version They answered, "If you want them to serve and obey you, then you should be kind and promise to make their work easier." Good News Translation They replied, "If you are kind to these people and try to please them by giving a considerate answer, they will always serve you loyally." GOD'S WORD® Translation They told him, "If you are good to these people and try to please them by speaking gently to them, then they will always be your servants." International Standard Version In reply, they told him, "If you will be kind to this people, please them, and speak appropriately to them with kind words, they'll serve you forever." NET Bible They said to him, "If you are fair to these people, grant their request, and are cordial to them, they will be your servants from this time forward." Classic Translations King James BibleAnd they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever. New King James Version And they spoke to him, saying, “If you are kind to these people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever.” King James 2000 Bible And they spoke unto him, saying, If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever. New Heart English Bible They spoke to him, saying, "If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever." World English Bible They spoke to him, saying, "If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever." American King James Version And 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. American Standard Version And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. A Faithful Version And they spoke to him saying, "If you are kind to this people and will please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever." Darby Bible Translation And they spoke to him saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever. English Revised Version And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants forever. Webster's Bible Translation And they spoke to him, saying, If thou wilt be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever. Early Modern Geneva Bible of 1587And they spake vnto him, saying, If thou be kinde to this people, and please them, and speake louing words to them, they will be thy seruants for euer. Bishops' Bible of 1568 And they tolde him, saying: If thou be kinde to this people, and shewe thy selfe lowlie to them, and speake louyng wordes to them, they wyll be thy seruauntes for euer. Coverdale Bible of 1535 They spake vnto him, and sayde: Yf thou be louynge vnto this people, and deale gently with them, and geue them good wordes, then shal they allwaye be obedient vnto the. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd they speak to him, saying, “If you become good to this people, and have been pleased with them, and spoken to them good words, then they have been servants to you [for] all the days.” Young's Literal Translation And they speak unto him, saying, 'If thou dost become good to this people, and hast been pleased with them, and spoken unto them good words, then they have been to thee servants all the days.' Smith's Literal Translation And they will speak to him, saying, If thou wilt be for good to this people, and pleasing them, and speak to them good words, and they were servants to thee all the days. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd they said to him: If thou please this people, and soothe them with kind words, they will be thy servants for ever. Catholic Public Domain Version And they said to him, “If you please this people, and if you soothe them with words of clemency, they will be your servants for all days.” Translations from Aramaic Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedAnd they spoke with him and they were saying to him: “If the answer is good to this people, and you will rejoice before their faces and you shall speak good words with them, they will be to you fine Servants and Laborers all the days of your life.” Lamsa Bible And they spoke to him, saying, If you will answer kindly to this people, and please them and speak good words to them, they will be your servants for ever. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And they spoke unto him, saying: 'If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.' Brenton Septuagint Translation And they spoke to him, saying, If thou wouldest this day befriend this people, and be kind to them, and speak to them good words, then will they be thy servants for ever.     |