The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older 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.

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 answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam abandoned the counsel of the old men,

If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

But Nabal responded to David’s servants,“ Who is David, and who is this son of Jesse? This is a time when many servants are breaking away from their masters!Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don’t even know where they came from!”

But now at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you and they will search through your palace and your servants’ houses. They will carry away all your valuables.”The king of Israel summoned all the leaders of the land and said,“ Notice how this man is looking for trouble. Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”All the leaders and people said to him,“ Do not give in or agree to his demands.”So he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad,“ Say this to my master, the king,‘ I will give you everything you demanded at first from your servant, but I am unable to agree to this latest demand.’” So the messengers went back and gave their report.Ben Hadad sent another message to him,“ May the gods judge me severely if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.”The king of Israel replied,“ Tell him the one who puts on his battle gear should not boast like one who is taking it off.”

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

When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“ Where do you come from?” They answered,“ From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”

“ The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.

But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up.

Pharaoh said to him,“ Go from me! Watch out for yourself! Do not appear before me again, for when you see my face you will die!”