The king answered them harshly. Rejecting the advice of the elders,

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 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,

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,

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

Nabal answered David’s servants,“ Who is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days.Why should I take my bread and water, and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?”

But about this time tomorrow I am going to send my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials. They will seize everything you value and carry it away.’”The king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said to them,“ See how this man is looking for trouble! When he sent for my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, I did not refuse him.”The elders and the people all answered,“ Don’t listen to him or agree to his demands.”So he replied to Ben-Hadad’s messengers,“ Tell my lord the king,‘ Your servant will do all you demanded the first time, but this demand I cannot meet.’” They left and took the answer back to Ben-Hadad.Then Ben-Hadad sent another message to Ahab:“ May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if enough dust remains in Samaria to give each of my men a handful.”The king of Israel answered,“ Tell him:‘ One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off.’”

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

As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them.“ Where do you come from?” he asked.“ From the land of Canaan,” they replied,“ to buy food.”

“ The man who is lord over the land spoke harshly to us and treated us as though we were spying on the land.

But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.

Pharaoh said to Moses,“ Get out of my sight! Make sure you do not appear before me again! The day you see my face you will die.”