2-chronicles 10:7
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And they spoke to him, saying, If you be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants for ever.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And they spoke to him, saying, If you be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants for ever.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And they said to him, If you are kind to this people, pleasing them and saying good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever.
Webster's Revision
And they spoke to him, saying, If thou wilt be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
World English Bible
They spoke to him, saying, "If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."
English Revised Version (ERV)
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 forever.
Wesley's 2-chronicles 10:7 Bible Commentary
10:7 If thou be kind, &c. - Moderate counsels are generally best.Gentleness will do what violence will not do. Good words cost nothing but a little self - denial, and yet they purchase great things.
