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1 Samuel 8:18

Prayer

16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

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.

19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and 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 shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

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  • Proverbs 1:25–28

    But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

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  • Isaiah 1:15

    And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

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  • Isaiah 8:21

    And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

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  • Proverbs 21:13

    Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

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  • Luke 13:25

    When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

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  • Psalms 18:41

    They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

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  • Job 27:9

    Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

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