1 Samuel 8:10
8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.
- KJV
- And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
- WEB
- Samuel told all the LORD’s words to the people who asked him for a king.
- ASV
- And Samuel told all the words of Jehovah unto the people that asked of him a king.
- DARBY
- And Samuel spoke all the words of Jehovah to the people that asked of him a king.
- BLB
- And Samuel told all the words of YHWH to the people who were asking from him a king.
- ÅB
- Så sa Samuel alle Herrens ord til folket som krevde en konge av ham.
- OTB
- Så gjentok Samuel alle Herrens ord for folket som ba ham om en konge.
- B1930
- Så sa Samuel alle Herrens ord til folket som krevde en konge av ham.