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2 Chronicles 10:9

He asked them, “What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

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2 Chronicles 10:9 — English Standard Version (ESV)

And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?”

2 Chronicles 10:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?

2 Chronicles 10:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“What is your advice?” he asked them. “How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”

2 Chronicles 10:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”

2 Chronicles 10:9 — New Century Version (NCV)

Rehoboam asked them, “What is your advice? How should we answer these people who said, ‘Don’t make us work as hard as your father did’?”

2 Chronicles 10:9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?

2 Chronicles 10:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And he said to them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me saying, Lighten the yoke which thy father put upon us?

2 Chronicles 10:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

He asked them, “What is your advice? How should we respond to these people who are asking me to lighten the burden my father put on them?” 

2 Chronicles 10:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

He asked them, “What message do you advise we send back to these people who said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

2 Chronicles 10:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

He said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?”

2 Chronicles 10:9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And he said to them, “What do you advise that we should say in return to this people, who said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father has put upon us’?”

2 Chronicles 10:9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

He asked them, “What’s your advice? How should I answer these people? They said to me, ‘Make the load your father put on our shoulders lighter.’ ”

2 Chronicles 10:9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

So he said to them, “What counsel do you give that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”


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