1 Samuel 8:7 “And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all…”

1 Samuel 8:7

And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

World English Bible

The LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them.

American Standard Version

And Jehovah said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Lord said vnto Samuel, Heare the voyce of the people in all that they shall say vnto thee: for they haue not cast thee away, but they haue cast me away, that I should not reigne ouer the.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah said to Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, 'Hearken to the voice of the people, to all that they say unto thee, for thee they have not rejected, but Me they have rejected, from reigning over them.

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.

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Cross references

“Hearken”

Numbers 22:20 Isaiah 66:4 Psalm 81:11 Psalm 81:12 Hosea 13:10 Hosea 13:11

Numbers 22:20 · BSB

That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”

Isaiah 66:4 · BSB

So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

Psalm 81:11 · BSB

But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

Psalm 81:12 · BSB

So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

Hosea 13:10 · BSB

Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?

Hosea 13:11 · BSB

So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.

“they have not”

Luke 10:16 1 Samuel 10:19 Exodus 16:8 Luke 19:14 Luke 19:27 Matthew 10:40

Luke 10:16 · BSB

Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

1 Samuel 10:19 · BSB

But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”

Exodus 16:8 · BSB

And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”

Luke 19:14 · BSB

But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

Luke 19:27 · BSB

And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”

Matthew 10:40 · BSB

He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.

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

In context

6But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.

8Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.

Read 1 Samuel 8