1 Samuel 8:4

Literal Standard Version

And all [the] elderly of Israel gather themselves together, and come to Samuel at Ramath,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So all the elders of Israel gathered together and went to Samuel at Ramah.

Hebrew Names Version
Then all the Zakenim of Yisra'el gathered themselves together, and came to Shemu'el to Ramah;

King James Version
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

Lexham English Bible
So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

English Standard Version
Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah

New Century Version
So all the elders came together and met Samuel at Ramah.

New English Translation
So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah.

Amplified Bible
Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah

New American Standard Bible
Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Wherefore all the Elders of Israel gathered them together, and came to Samuel vnto Ramah,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah;

Contemporary English Version
One day the nation's leaders came to Samuel at Ramah

Complete Jewish Bible
All the leaders of Isra'el gathered themselves together, approached Sh'mu'el in Ramah

Darby Translation
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah,

Easy-to-Read Version
So all the elders of Israel met together and went to Ramah to meet with Samuel.

George Lamsa Translation
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramtha,

Good News Translation
Then all the leaders of Israel met together, went to Samuel in Ramah,

Literal Translation
And all the elders of Israel gathered and came in to Samuel, to Ramah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then all ye Elders in Israel gathered the selues together, & came to Ramath vnto Samuel,

American Standard Version
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;

Bible in Basic English
Then all the responsible men of Israel got together and went to Samuel at Ramah,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then all the elders of Israel gathered them together, and came to Samuel vnto Rama,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah.

King James Version (1611)
Then all the Elders of Israel gathered themselues together, and came to Samuel vnto Ramah,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the men of Israel gather themselves together, and come to Armathaim to Samuel,

English Revised Version
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah:

Berean Standard Bible
So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor alle the grettere men in birthe of Israel weren gaderid, and camen to Samuel in to Ramatha.

Young's Literal Translation
And all the elders of Israel gather themselves together, and come in unto Samuel to Ramath,

Update Bible Version
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah;

Webster's Bible Translation
Then all the elders of Israel assembled, and came to Samuel to Ramah,

World English Bible
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah;

New King James Version
Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah,

New Living Translation
Finally, all the elders of Israel met at Ramah to discuss the matter with Samuel.

New Life Bible
Then all the leaders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

New Revised Standard
Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, - and came unto Samuel, to Ramah;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled came to Samuel to Ramatha.

Revised Standard Version
Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah,

THE MESSAGE
Fed up, all the elders of Israel got together and confronted Samuel at Ramah. They presented their case: "Look, you're an old man, and your sons aren't following in your footsteps. Here's what we want you to do: Appoint a king to rule us, just like everybody else."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah;

Contextual Overview

⁴And all [the] elderly of Israel gather themselves together, and come to Samuel at Ramath,⁵and say to him, "Behold, you have become aged, and your sons have not walked in your ways; now, appoint a king to us, to judge us, like all the nations." ⁶And the thing is evil in the eyes of Samuel when they have said, "Give a king to us, to judge us"; and Samuel prays to YHWH. ⁷And YHWH says to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people, to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from reigning over them. ⁸According to all the works that they have done from the day of My bringing them up out of Egypt, even to this day, when they forsake Me, and serve other gods—so they are also doing to you. ⁹And now, listen to their voice; only, surely you certainly protest to them, and have declared to them the custom of the king who reigns over them." ¹⁰And Samuel speaks all the words of YHWH to the people who are asking [for] a king from him, ¹¹and says, "This is the custom of the king who reigns over you: he takes your sons, and has appointed for himself among his chariots, and among his horsemen, and they have run before his chariots; ¹²also to appoint for himself heads of thousands, and heads of fifties; also to plow his plowing, and to reap his reaping; and to make instruments of his war, and instruments of his charioteer. ¹³And he takes your daughters for perfumers, and for cooks, and for bakers;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the elders: Exodus 3:16, Exodus 24:1, 2 Samuel 5:3

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 7:17 - his return 1 Kings 21:7 - Dost thou now Hosea 5:8 - Ramah

Cross-References

Genesis 8:17
and they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth."

Genesis 8:19
every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird; every creeping thing on the earth, after their families, have gone out from the ark.

2 Kings 19:37
and it comes to pass, he is bowing himself in the house of his god Nisroch, and [his sons] Adramelech and Sharezar have struck him with the sword, and they have escaped to the land of Ararat, and his son Esar-Haddon reigns in his stead.

Isaiah 37:38
And it comes to pass, he is bowing himself in the house of his god Nisroch, and his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer have struck him with the sword, and they have escaped to the land of Ararat, and his son Esar-Haddon reigns in his stead.

Jeremiah 51:27
"Lift up an ensign in the land, || Blow a horn among nations, || Sanctify nations against it, || Summon against it the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz, || Appoint an infant head against it, || Cause the horse to ascend as the rough cankerworm.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together,.... At some place of rendezvous appointed; these were the heads of the tribes, and fathers of the houses and families of Israel, the principal persons of age and authority:

and came to Samuel unto Ramah; the place of his nativity and abode, and where he now dwelt, and judged Israel; they went in a very respectable body with an address to him.