Devine Scripture

1 Samuel 8:18

1 Samuel chapter 8 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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 · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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.

Context

v.17He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.

v.18This passage

v.19But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,

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?