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1 Samuel 8:5

World English Bible

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.”

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1 Samuel 8:5 in other translations

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.

1 Samuel 8:5 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 8:5 in context

  1. 3His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
  2. 4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.
  3. 5They 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.”
  4. 6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.”
    Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
  5. 7Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them.