老年人对他说：“王若恩待这民，使他们喜悦，用好话回复他们，他们就永远作王的仆人。”

他们对他说：“王若恩待这百姓，使他们喜悦，跟他们说好话，他们就永远作王的仆人了。”

他们对他说：“王若恩待这百姓，使他们喜悦，跟他们说好话，他们就永远作王的仆人了。”

他们回禀说：“王若善待这些百姓，使他们喜悦，对他们好言相待，他们会永远做王的仆人。”

他们对他说：“如果王善待人民，使他们喜悦，对他们说好话，他们就必永远作你的仆人。”

老年人對他說：「王若恩待這民，使他們喜悅，用好話回覆他們，他們就永遠作王的僕人。」

他們對他說：「王若恩待這百姓，使他們喜悅，跟他們說好話，他們就永遠作王的僕人了。」

他們對他說：「王若恩待這百姓，使他們喜悅，跟他們說好話，他們就永遠作王的僕人了。」

他們回稟說：「王若善待這些百姓，使他們喜悅，對他們好言相待，他們會永遠做王的僕人。」

他們對他說：“如果王善待人民，使他們喜悅，對他們說好話，他們就必永遠作你的僕人。”

老年人對他說：『王若好待這人民，使他們喜悅，對他們說好話，他們就會日日不斷做王的僕人。』

僉曰、如爾恩待斯民、使其心悅、答以善言、則必永為爾僕、

曰、為今計惟施恩斯民、以善言慰之、俾其欣喜、彼必永為爾僕。

曰、如爾善待斯民、使其心悅、以善言答之、則彼必永為爾僕、

They replied,“ If you will be kind to these people and please them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.”

They replied,“ Be kind to them. Please them. Give them what they are asking for. Then they’ll always serve you.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.

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.”

And 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.

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.”

They spoke to him, saying,“ If you are kind to these people, please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

溫和的回答，使怒火消退；尖刻的話語，會激起怒氣。

拿弗他利是被釋放的母鹿，要發出美麗的言語。

押沙龍總是早早起來，站在通往城門口的路旁。凡有爭訟來見王求裁決的人，押沙龍都會叫他過來，問：「你是哪一城的人？」那人回答：「你僕人來自以色列的一個支派。」押沙龍就會對他說：「你看，你的請求合情合理，但是王那裡沒有聽你訴說的人。」押沙龍又說：「但願有人立我作這地的審判官，這樣，任何一個有爭訟案件的人都可以到我這裡來，我必為他秉公辦理。」每當有人上前來，要向他下拜時，他就伸手扶住那人，並且親吻他。押沙龍如此對待所有來見王求裁決的以色列人，這樣押沙龍暗中奪走了以色列人的心。