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1 Samuel 8:18

Prayer

16 And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.

17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”

19 Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.

20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”

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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.

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BSB
When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”
KJV
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
WEB
You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.”
ASV
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.
DARBY
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye have chosen; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.
BLB
And you⁺ will cry out in that day because of your⁺ king whom you⁺ have chosen for yourselves, and YHWH will not answer you⁺ in that day.”
ÅB
Da skal dere en dag rope til Herren for den konges skyld som dere har kåret dere; men den dag skal Herren ikke svare dere.
OTB
Når den dagen kommer, vil dere rope på grunn av den kongen dere har valgt for dere, men Herren vil ikke svare dere den dagen."
B1930
Da skal I en dag rope til Herren for den konges skyld som I har kåret eder; men den dag skal Herren ikke svare eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Micah 3:4

    Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.

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  • Proverbs 1:25–28

    because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

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  • Isaiah 1:15

    When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

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  • Isaiah 8:21

    They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.

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  • Proverbs 21:13

    Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.

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  • Luke 13:25

    After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

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  • Psalms 18:41

    They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.

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  • Job 27:9

    Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?

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