And the king answered them harshly; and forsaking 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.

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,

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 to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

And Nabal answered David’s servants,“ Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters.Shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to men who come from I do not know where?”

Nevertheless I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house and the houses of your servants and lay hands on whatever pleases you and take it away.’”Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said,“ Mark, now, and see how this man is seeking trouble, for he sent to me for my wives and my children, and for my silver and my gold, and I did not refuse him.”And all the elders and all the people said to him,“ Do not listen or consent.”So he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad,“ Tell my lord the king,‘ All that you first demanded of your servant I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” And the messengers departed and brought him word again.Ben-hadad sent to him and said,“ The gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”And the king of Israel answered,“ Tell him,‘ Let not him who straps on his armor boast himself as he who takes it off.’”

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

Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them.“ Where do you come from?” he said. They said,“ From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

“ The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us and took us to be spies of the land.

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.

Then Pharaoh said to him,“ Get away from me; take care never to see my face again, for on the day you see my face you shall die.”