1 Samuel 8:20 “Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, t…”

1 Samuel 8:20

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And we also will be like all other nations, and our King shall iudge vs, and goe out before vs, and fight our battels.

Darby Translation

that we also may be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and conduct our wars.

Young's Literal Translation

and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king hath judged us, and gone out before us, and fought our battles.'

Bible in Basic English

So that we may be like the other nations, and so that our king may be our judge and go out before us to war.

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Cross references

“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.”

1 Samuel 8:5 Exodus 33:16 Leviticus 20:24–26 Numbers 23:9 Deuteronomy 7:6 Psalm 106:35

1 Samuel 8:5 · BSB

“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”

Exodus 33:16 · BSB

For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

Leviticus 20:24–26 · BSB

But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.

Numbers 23:9 · BSB

For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.

Deuteronomy 7:6 · BSB

For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

Psalm 106:35 · BSB

but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

21Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.

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