KJV King James Version
And 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.
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1 Samuel 8:5
And 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”
WEB World English Bible
and they said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
ASV American Standard Version
and they 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and say unto him, ‘Lo, thou hast become aged, and thy sons have not walked in thy ways; now, appoint to us a king, to judge us, like all the nations.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 8
2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba.
3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
5 And 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.
6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
7 And 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.
8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּH559 · a.marto sayאֵלָ֗יוH413 · elto(wards)הִנֵּה֙H2009 · hin.nehbeholdאַתָּ֣הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)זָקַ֔נְתָּH2204 · za.qenbe oldוּבָנֶ֕יךָH1121 · benson: childלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotהָלְכ֖וּH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבִּדְרָכֶ֑יךָH1870 · de.rekhway: conductעַתָּ֗הH6258 · at.tahnowשִֽׂימָה־H7760 · sumto set: makeלָּ֥נוּH9035 · nuusמֶ֛לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingלְשָׁפְטֵ֖נוּH8199 · sha.phatto judgeכְּכָל־H3605 · kolallהַגּוֹיִֽם׃H1471 · goynation
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 17:14-15When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that [are] about me;1 Samuel 8:19-20Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;Hosea 13:10-11I will be thy king: where [is any other] that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?1 Samuel 8:6-8But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.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.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.Acts 13:21And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
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