Devine Scripture

1 Samuel 8:20

1 Samuel chapter 8 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

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

v.20This passage

v.21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Jehovah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 33:16

    For wherein now shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in that thou goest with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth?

  • Psalms 106:35

    But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,

  • Deuteronomy 7:6

    For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

  • John 15:19

    If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

  • Numbers 23:9

    For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.

  • Romans 12:12

    rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;