1 Samuel 8:21
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.”
Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.
22 “Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”
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Compare
- BSB
- Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.
- KJV
- And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
- WEB
- Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
- ASV
- And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Jehovah.
- DARBY
- And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the ears of Jehovah.
- BLB
- And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them in the ears of YHWH.
- ÅB
- Da Samuel hadde hørt alle folkets ord, bar han dem fram for Herren.
- OTB
- Da Samuel hørte alt folket sa, formidlet han det til Herren.
- B1930
- Da Samuel hadde hørt alle folkets ord, bar han dem frem for Herren.
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Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 11:11
So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
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