1 Samuel 8:5

1 Samuel chapter 8 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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.

King James Version · 1611

And 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.

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

v.4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;

v.5This passage

v.6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah.

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

Deuteronomy 17:14
When thou art come unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me;
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.
1 Samuel 8:6
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah.
1 Samuel 12:17
Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I will call unto Jehovah, that he may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of Jehovah, in asking you a king.
Hosea 13:10
Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges, of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
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,