KJV King James Version
That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Samuel 8:20
That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”
WEB World English Bible
that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.”
ASV American Standard Version
that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king hath judged us, and gone out before us, and fought our battles.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 8
17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהָיִ֥ינוּH1961 · ha.yahto beגַם־H1571 · gamalsoאֲנַ֖חְנוּH587 · a.nach.nuweכְּכָל־H3605 · kolallהַגּוֹיִ֑םH1471 · goynationוּשְׁפָטָ֤נוּH8199 · sha.phatto judgeמַלְכֵּ֙נוּ֙H4428 · me.lekhkingוְיָצָ֣אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeלְפָנֵ֔ינוּH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeוְנִלְחַ֖םH3898 · la.chamto fightאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִלְחֲמֹתֵֽנוּ׃H4421 · mil.cha.mahbattle
Cross-references
1 Samuel 8:5And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.2 Corinthians 6:17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,Leviticus 20:24-26But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I [am] the LORD your God, which have separated you from [other] people.Deuteronomy 7:6For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth.Romans 12:12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;Numbers 23:9For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.Exodus 33:16For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? [is it] not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that [are] upon the face of the earth.John 15:19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.Philippians 3:20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:Psalm 106:35But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.1 Peter 2:9But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
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