长老对他说：“今天如果王作这民的仆人，服事他们，用好话回答他们，他们就常作王的仆人。”

老年人对他说：“现在王若服侍这民如仆人，用好话回答他们，他们就永远作王的仆人。”

他们对他说：“现在王若像仆人一样服事这百姓，用好话回覆他们，他们就永远作王的仆人了。”

他们对他说：“现在王若像仆人一样服事这百姓，用好话回覆他们，他们就永远作王的仆人了。”

他们建议说：“现今王若像仆人一样服侍民众，对他们好言相待，他们会永远做王的仆人。”

老年人對他說：「現在王若服事這民如僕人，用好話回答他們，他們就永遠作王的僕人。」

他們對他說：「現在王若像僕人一樣服事這百姓，用好話回覆他們，他們就永遠作王的僕人了。」

他們對他說：「現在王若像僕人一樣服事這百姓，用好話回覆他們，他們就永遠作王的僕人了。」

他們建議說：「現今王若像僕人一樣服侍民眾，對他們好言相待，他們會永遠做王的僕人。」

長老對他說：“今天如果王作這民的僕人，服事他們，用好話回答他們，他們就常作王的僕人。”

老年人對他說：『今天王若肯做這人民的公僕而服事他們，回答他們時對他們說好話，他們就必日日不斷地做王的僕人。』

僉曰、今日爾若願為斯民之僕、而服事之、答以善言、彼必永為爾僕、

曰、為今計、惟順輿情、以善言慰之、彼必永為爾僕。

老者曰、如爾今日在民前自卑如僕、從其所求、以善言答之、則彼必永為爾僕、

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

They replied,“ Serve them today. Give them what they are asking for. Then they’ll always serve you.”

And they said to him,“ If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever.”

The older counselors replied,“ If you are willing to be a servant to these people today and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your loyal subjects.”

They replied,“ Today if you will be a servant to this people and serve them, and if you respond to them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

Then they spoke to him, saying,“ If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their request, and speak pleasant words to them, then they will be your servants always.”

And they spoke to him, saying,“ If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

They replied,“ Today if you will be a servant to these people and serve them, and if you respond to them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

They said to him,“ Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward.”

They replied,“ If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them, and answer them with good words, then they will be your servants forever.”

柔和的回答使烈怒消退，暴戾的话激动怒气。

王严厉地回答众人。他拒绝了老年人给他所出的主意，

如果掌权者向你发怒，你不要离开原位，因为柔顺能免大过。

但你们中间却不要这样；谁想在你们中间为大的，就要作你们的仆役，谁想在你们中间为首的，就要作大家的奴仆。

押沙龙就对他说：“你看！你的案件有情有理，但是王并没有委人听你的案子。”押沙龙又说：“但愿有人立我作这地的审判官，这样，有案件或诉讼的人，都可以到我这里来，我就给他公平的审判。”如果有人走近押沙龙要拜他，他就伸手拉住他，并且与他亲吻。所有来到王面前请求审决的以色列人，押沙龙都是这样对待他们。因此，押沙龙暗中迷惑了以色列人的心。

反而倒空自己，取了奴仆的形象，成为人的样式；既然有人的样子，就自甘卑微，顺服至死，而且死在十字架上。因此神把他升为至高，并且赐给他超过万名之上的名。使天上、地上和地底下的一切，因着耶稣的名，都要屈膝，并且口里承认耶稣基督为主，使荣耀归给父神。

耶和华就用满有恩慈和安慰的话回答那与我说话的天使。

罗波安王和一些在他父亲所罗门在世的时候，侍立在所罗门面前的老人商议，说：“你们有什么提议，我好回覆这班民众呢？”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。”