1 Samuel 8:18
What does 1 Samuel 8:18 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 8:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then you will be crying out because of your king whom you have taken for yourselves; but the Lord will not give you an answer in that day.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And ye have cried out in that day because of the king whom ye have chosen for yourselves, and Jehovah doth not answer you in that day.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And you shall cry out in that day from the face of the king, whom you have chosen to yourselves: and the Lord will not hear you in that day, because you desired unto yourselves a king.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye have chosen; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 13:25
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;
- Micah 3:4
Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
- Psalms 18:41
They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
- Isaiah 8:21
And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:
- Isaiah 1:15
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
- Job 27:9
Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
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