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Christian Standard Bible ®
1 Samuel 8:10
Samuel told all the Lord’s words to the people who were asking him for a king.
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Hebrew Names Version
Shemu'el told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked of him a king.
Shemu'el told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked of him a king.
King James Version
And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.
And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.
Lexham English Bible
So Samuel spoke all the words of Yahweh to the people who were requesting a king from him.
So Samuel spoke all the words of Yahweh to the people who were requesting a king from him.
English Standard Version
So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking for a king from him.
So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking for a king from him.
New Century Version
So Samuel told those who had asked him for a king what the Lord had said.
So Samuel told those who had asked him for a king what the Lord had said.
New English Translation
So Samuel spoke all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king.
So Samuel spoke all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king.
Amplified Bible
So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.
So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.
New American Standard Bible
So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who had asked him for a king.
So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who had asked him for a king.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Samuel told all the wordes of the Lord vnto the people that asked a King of him.
So Samuel told all the wordes of the Lord vnto the people that asked a King of him.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Samuel spoke all the words of Yahweh to the people who had asked of him a king.
So Samuel spoke all the words of Yahweh to the people who had asked of him a king.
Contemporary English Version
Samuel told the people who were asking for a king what the Lord had said:
Samuel told the people who were asking for a king what the Lord had said:
Complete Jewish Bible
Sh'mu'el reported everything Adonai had said to the people asking him for a king.
Sh'mu'el reported everything Adonai had said to the people asking him for a king.
Darby Translation
And Samuel spoke all the words of Jehovah to the people that asked of him a king.
And Samuel spoke all the words of Jehovah to the people that asked of him a king.
Easy-to-Read Version
Those people asked for a king. So Samuel told them everything the Lord said.
Those people asked for a king. So Samuel told them everything the Lord said.
George Lamsa Translation
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked of him a king.
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked of him a king.
Good News Translation
Samuel told the people who were asking him for a king everything that the Lord had said to him.
Samuel told the people who were asking him for a king everything that the Lord had said to him.
Literal Translation
And Samuel spoke all Jehovah's Words to the people who were asking a king from him.
And Samuel spoke all Jehovah's Words to the people who were asking a king from him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Samuel tolde all the wordes of the LORDE vnto ye people, that requyred a kinge of him.
And Samuel tolde all the wordes of the LORDE vnto ye people, that requyred a kinge of him.
American Standard Version
And Samuel told all the words of Jehovah unto the people that asked of him a king.
And Samuel told all the words of Jehovah unto the people that asked of him a king.
Bible in Basic English
And Samuel said all these words of the Lord to the people who were desiring a king.
And Samuel said all these words of the Lord to the people who were desiring a king.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Samuel tolde all the wordes of the Lorde vnto the people that asked a king of him,
And Samuel tolde all the wordes of the Lorde vnto the people that asked a king of him,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
King James Version (1611)
And Samuel told all the words of the Lord vnto the people, that asked of him a King.
And Samuel told all the words of the Lord vnto the people, that asked of him a King.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Samuel spoke every word of the Lord to the people who asked of him a king.
And Samuel spoke every word of the Lord to the people who asked of him a king.
English Revised Version
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
Berean Standard Bible
So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.
So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Samuel seide alle the wordis of the Lord to the puple, that hadde axid of him a king; and he seide,
Therfor Samuel seide alle the wordis of the Lord to the puple, that hadde axid of him a king; and he seide,
Young's Literal Translation
And Samuel speaketh all the words of Jehovah unto the people who are asking from him a king,
And Samuel speaketh all the words of Jehovah unto the people who are asking from him a king,
Update Bible Version
And Samuel told all the words of Yahweh to the people that asked of him a king.
And Samuel told all the words of Yahweh to the people that asked of him a king.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people that asked of him a king.
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people that asked of him a king.
World English Bible
Samuel told all the words of Yahweh to the people who asked of him a king.
Samuel told all the words of Yahweh to the people who asked of him a king.
New King James Version
So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked him for a king.
So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked him for a king.
New Living Translation
So Samuel passed on the Lord 's warning to the people who were asking him for a king.
So Samuel passed on the Lord 's warning to the people who were asking him for a king.
New Life Bible
So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who had asked him for a king.
So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who had asked him for a king.
New Revised Standard
So Samuel reported all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king.
So Samuel reported all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then Samuel spake all the words of Yahweh unto the people, who were asking of him, a king.
So then Samuel spake all the words of Yahweh unto the people, who were asking of him, a king.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people that had desired a king of him,
Then Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people that had desired a king of him,
Revised Standard Version
So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking a king from him.
So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking a king from him.
THE MESSAGE
So Samuel told them, delivered God 's warning to the people who were asking him to give them a king. He said, "This is the way the kind of king you're talking about operates. He'll take your sons and make soldiers of them—chariotry, cavalry, infantry, regimented in battalions and squadrons. He'll put some to forced labor on his farms, plowing and harvesting, and others to making either weapons of war or chariots in which he can ride in luxury. He'll put your daughters to work as beauticians and waitresses and cooks. He'll conscript your best fields, vineyards, and orchards and hand them over to his special friends. He'll tax your harvests and vintage to support his extensive bureaucracy. Your prize workers and best animals he'll take for his own use. He'll lay a tax on your flocks and you'll end up no better than slaves. The day will come when you will cry in desperation because of this king you so much want for yourselves. But don't expect God to answer."
So Samuel told them, delivered God 's warning to the people who were asking him to give them a king. He said, "This is the way the kind of king you're talking about operates. He'll take your sons and make soldiers of them—chariotry, cavalry, infantry, regimented in battalions and squadrons. He'll put some to forced labor on his farms, plowing and harvesting, and others to making either weapons of war or chariots in which he can ride in luxury. He'll put your daughters to work as beauticians and waitresses and cooks. He'll conscript your best fields, vineyards, and orchards and hand them over to his special friends. He'll tax your harvests and vintage to support his extensive bureaucracy. Your prize workers and best animals he'll take for his own use. He'll lay a tax on your flocks and you'll end up no better than slaves. The day will come when you will cry in desperation because of this king you so much want for yourselves. But don't expect God to answer."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who had asked of him a king.
So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who had asked of him a king.
Contextual Overview
4So all the elders of Israel gathered together and went to Samuel at Ramah. 5They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Therefore, appoint a king to judge us the same as all the other nations have.” 6When they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” Samuel considered their demand wrong, so he prayed to the Lord. 7But the Lord told him, “Listen to the people and everything they say to you. They have not rejected you; they have rejected me as their king. 8They are doing the same thing to you that they have done to me, since the day I brought them out of Egypt until this day, abandoning me and worshiping other gods. 9Listen to them, but solemnly warn them and tell them about the customary rights of the king who will reign over them.” 10Samuel told all the Lord’s words to the people who were asking him for a king. 11He said, “These are the rights of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and put them to his use in his chariots, on his horses, or running in front of his chariots. 12He can appoint them for his use as commanders of thousands or commanders of fifties, to plow his ground and reap his harvest, or to make his weapons of war and the equipment for his chariots. 13He can take your daughters to become perfumers, cooks, and bakers.
Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Jeremiah 43:1 - all the words
Cross-References
Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing I have made I will wipe off the face of the earth.”
Seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing I have made I will wipe off the face of the earth.”
Genesis 7:10
Seven days later the floodwaters came on the earth.
Seven days later the floodwaters came on the earth.
Genesis 8:12
After he had waited another seven days, he sent out the dove, but it did not return to him again.
After he had waited another seven days, he sent out the dove, but it did not return to him again.
Psalms 40:1
I waited patiently for the Lord,and he turned to me and heard my cry for help.
I waited patiently for the Lord,and he turned to me and heard my cry for help.
Isaiah 8:17
I will wait for the Lord,who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob.I will wait for him.
I will wait for the Lord,who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob.I will wait for him.
Isaiah 26:8
Yes, Lord, we wait for youin the path of your judgments.Our desire is for your name and renown.
Yes, Lord, we wait for youin the path of your judgments.Our desire is for your name and renown.
Romans 8:25
Now if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with patience.
Now if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with patience.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto them,.... How he considered this request of theirs as a rejection of him as their king, and that it was acting the same ungrateful part they had always done; and since they were so importunate to have it granted, it should be done; but that he was ordered to lay before them all the inconveniences that would attend it, and the evils that would follow upon it unto them:
that asked of him a king; which is observed, not to distinguish a part of them from the rest; for this was an united request of the people.
