1 Kings 20:8
Modern Translations
New International Version
The elders and the people all answered, "Don't listen to him or agree to his demands."

New Living Translation
“Don’t give in to any more demands,” all the elders and the people advised.

English Standard Version
And all the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not listen or consent.”

Berean Study Bible
And the elders and the people all said, “Do not listen to him or consent to his terms.”

New American Standard Bible
Then all the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not listen nor consent.”

NASB 1995
All the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen or consent."

NASB 1977
And all the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not listen or consent.”

Amplified Bible
All the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not listen or consent [to this additional demand].”

Christian Standard Bible
All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen or agree.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
All the elders and all the people said to him, "Don't listen or agree."

Contemporary English Version
"Don't listen to him!" they answered. "You don't have to do what he says."

Good News Translation
The leaders and the people answered, "Don't pay any attention to him; don't give in."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
All the leaders and all the people told him, "Don't listen to him. Don't agree [to his demands]."

International Standard Version
"Don't listen to him," all the elders and the people replied. "And don't agree to his terms."

NET Bible
All the leaders and people said to him, "Do not give in or agree to his demands."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.

New King James Version
And all the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not listen or consent.”

King James 2000 Bible
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.

New Heart English Bible
All the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen, neither consent."

World English Bible
All the elders and all the people said to him, "Don't listen, neither consent."

American King James Version
And all the elders and all the people said to him, Listen not to him, nor consent.

American Standard Version
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken thou not, neither consent.

A Faithful Version
And all the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen nor consent!"

Darby Bible Translation
And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not, nor consent.

English Revised Version
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken thou not, neither consent.

Webster's Bible Translation
And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not to him, nor consent.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And all the Elders, and all the people sayd to him, Hearken not vnto him, nor consent.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And all the elders and all the people said: Hearken not vnto him, nor consent.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Then sayde all the Elders and all the people vnto him: Thou shalt not cosente ner agree vnto him.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And all the elderly and all the people say to him, “Do not listen, nor consent.”

Young's Literal Translation
And all the elders and all the people say unto him, 'Do not hearken, nor consent.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And all the old men and all the people will say to him, Thou shalt not hear, and thou shalt not be willing.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the ancients, and all the people said to him: Hearken not to him, nor consent to him.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And all those greater by birth, with all the people, said to him, “You should neither listen, nor acquiesce to him.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And all of the Elders and all the people said to him: “You should not listen and you should not obey!”

Lamsa Bible
And all the elders and all the people said to him, Do not hearken to him, nor consent.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And all the elders and all the people said unto him: 'Hearken thou not, neither consent.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not, and consent not.
















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