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1 Samuel 8:20-22
New English Translation
1 Samuel 8:20-22
New English Translation
20 We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us[a] and fight our battles.”
21 So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the Lord.[b] 22 The Lord said to Samuel, “Do as they say[c] and install a king over them.” Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Each of you go back to his own city.”
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- 1 Samuel 8:20 tn Heb “and go out before us.”
- 1 Samuel 8:21 tn Heb “and Samuel heard all the words of the people and he spoke them into the ears of the Lord.”
- 1 Samuel 8:22 tn Heb “listen to their voice.”
1 Samuel 8:20-22
New International Version
1 Samuel 8:20-22
New International Version
20 Then we will be like all the other nations,(A) with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”
21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated(B) it before the Lord. 22 The Lord answered, “Listen(C) to them and give them a king.”
Then Samuel said to the Israelites, “Everyone go back to your own town.”
1 Samuel 8:20-22
King James Version
1 Samuel 8:20-22
King James Version
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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