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1 Samuel 8:5

American Standard Version

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.

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1 Samuel 8:5 in other translations

They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

1 Samuel 8:5 · World English Bible

1 Samuel 8:5 in context

  1. 3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
  2. 4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;
  3. 5and 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.
  4. 6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah.
  5. 7And Jehovah said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.