1 Samuel 8:5
Parallel Translations


NASB: and they said to him, "Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations." (NASB ©1995)
GWT: They told him, "You're old, and your sons aren't following your example. Now appoint a king to judge us so that we will be like all the other nations." (GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
ASV: and they said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
BBE: And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.
DBY: and said to him, Behold, thou art become old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now appoint us a king to judge us, like all the nations.
JPS: And they said unto him: 'Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways; now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.'
WBS: And said to him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
WEB: and they said to him, "Behold, you are old, and your sons don't walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations."
YLT: and say unto him, 'Lo, thou hast become aged, and thy sons have not walked in thy ways; now, appoint to us a king, to judge us, like all the nations.'

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