1 Samuel 8:4

New Life Version

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

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 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

⁴ Then all the leaders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. ⁵ They said to him, "See, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Choose a king to rule over us like all the nations." ⁶ But Samuel was not pleased when they said, "Give us a king to rule over us." And Samuel prayed to the Lord. ⁷ The Lord said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in all they say to you. For they have not turned away from you. They have turned away from Me, that I should not be king over them. ⁸ They are doing to you what they have done since the day I brought them out of Egypt until now. They have turned away from Me and worshiped other gods. ⁹ So listen to their voice. But tell them of the danger and show them the ways of the king who will rule over them." ¹⁰ So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who had asked him for a king. ¹¹ He said, "This will be the way the king will rule over you. He will take your sons and make them drive his war-wagons, be his horsemen, and run in front of his war-wagons. ¹² He will choose leaders of thousands and of fifties. He will choose men to plow his ground, gather his grain, and make objects for war and for his war-wagons. ¹³ He will take your daughters to make perfume, work with the food, and make bread.

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
Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and everything that moves on the earth. So they may give birth and become many upon the earth."

Genesis 8:19
Every animal, every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out of the large boat by their families.

2 Kings 19:37
As he was worshiping in the house of his god Nisroch, Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with the sword. Then they ran away to the land of Ararat. And his son Esarhaddon became king in his place.

Isaiah 37:38
When he was worshiping in the house of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with the sword. Then they ran away to the land of Ararat. And his son Esarhaddon became king in his place.

Jeremiah 51:27
Lift up a flag in the land! Sound the horn among the nations! Make the nations ready to fight against Babylon. Call against her the nations of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Choose a captain to go against her. Bring up the horses like many locusts.

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.