1 Samuel 12:1
What does 1 Samuel 12:1 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 12:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Samuel said to all Israel, You see that I have given ear to everything you said to me, and have made a king over you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Samuel saith unto all Israel, `Lo, I have hearkened to your voice, to all that ye said to me, and I cause to reign over you a king,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Samuel said to all Israel: Behold I have hearkened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened to your voice in all that ye said to me, and have made a king over you.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 10:1
Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not that Jehovah hath anointed thee to be prince over his inheritance?
- 1 Samuel 8:19
But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,
- 1 Samuel 11:14
Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
- 1 Samuel 10:24
And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom Jehovah hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Long live the king.
- 1 Samuel 8:5
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.
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