KJV King James Version
[Is it] not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness [is] great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
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1 Samuel 12:17
[Is it] not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness [is] great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
WEB World English Bible
Isn’t it wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh, that he may send thunder and rain; and you shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking for a king.”
ASV American Standard Version
Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I will call unto Jehovah, that he may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of Jehovah, in asking you a king.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I call unto Jehovah, and He doth give voices and rain; and know ye and see that your evil is great which ye have done in the eyes of Jehovah, to ask for you a king.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 12
14 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:
15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as [it was] against your fathers.
16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
17 [Is it] not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness [is] great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins [this] evil, to ask us a king.
20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הֲל֤וֹאH3808 · lonotקְצִיר־H7105 · qa.tsirharvestחִטִּים֙H2406 · chit.tahwheatהַיּ֔וֹםH3117 · yomdayאֶקְרָא֙H7121 · qa.rato call: call toאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוְיִתֵּ֥ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveקֹל֖וֹתH6963 · qolvoiceוּמָטָ֑רH4306 · ma.tarrainוּדְע֣וּH3045 · ya.dato knowוּרְא֗וּH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforרָעַתְכֶ֤םH7451 · rabad: harmfulרַבָּה֙H7227 · ravmanyאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichעֲשִׂיתֶם֙H6213 · a.sahto make: doבְּעֵינֵ֣יH5869 · a.yineyeיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלִשְׁא֥וֹלH7592 · sha.alto askלָכֶ֖םH9036 · khemyouמֶֽלֶךְ׃ סH4428 · me.lekhking
Cross-references
1 Samuel 8:7And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.1 Samuel 7:9-10And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered [it for] a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.Proverbs 26:1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.James 5:16-18Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.Joshua 10:12Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.Psalm 99:6Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.Jeremiah 15:1Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, [yet] my mind [could] not [be] toward this people: cast [them] out of my sight, and let them go forth.
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