But Rehoboam spoke harshly to them, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors

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,

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,

If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will turn your back on knowledge.

“ Who is this fellow David?” Nabal sneered to the young men.“ Who does this son of Jesse think he is? There are lots of servants these days who run away from their masters.Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I’ve slaughtered for my shearers and give it to a band of outlaws who come from who knows where?”

But about this time tomorrow I will send my officials to search your palace and the homes of your officials. They will take away everything you consider valuable!’”Then Ahab summoned all the elders of the land and said to them,“ Look how this man is stirring up trouble! I already agreed with his demand that I give him my wives and children and silver and gold.”“ Don’t give in to any more demands,” all the elders and the people advised.So Ahab told the messengers from Ben hadad,“ Say this to my lord the king:‘ I will give you everything you asked for the first time, but I cannot accept this last demand of yours.’” So the messengers returned to Ben hadad with that response.Then Ben hadad sent this message to Ahab:“ May the gods strike me and even kill me if there remains enough dust from Samaria to provide even a handful for each of my soldiers.”The king of Israel sent back this answer:“ A warrior putting on his sword for battle should not boast like a warrior who has already won.”

A gentle answer deflects anger, but harsh words make tempers flare.

Joseph recognized his brothers instantly, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them.“ Where are you from?” he demanded.“ From the land of Canaan,” they replied.“ We have come to buy food.”

“ The man who is governor of the land spoke very harshly to us,” they told him.“ He accused us of being spies scouting the land.

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the older men and instead asked the opinion of the young men who had grown up with him and were now his advisers.

“ Get out of here!” Pharaoh shouted at Moses.“ I’m warning you. Never come back to see me again! The day you see my face, you will die!”