1 Samuel 8:4 Parallel Translations
NASB: Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah; (NASB ©1995)
GWT: Then all the leaders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
ASV: Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;
BBE: Then all the responsible men of Israel got together and went to Samuel at Ramah,
DBY: Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah,
ERV: Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah:
JPS: Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah.
WBS: Then all the elders of Israel assembled, and came to Samuel to Ramah,
WEB: Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah;
YLT: And all the elders of Israel gather themselves together, and come in unto Samuel to Ramath,
1 Samuel 8:4 Cross References
XREF:1 Samuel 7:17 Then his return was to Ramah, for his house was there, and there he judged Israel; and he built there an altar to the LORD. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto {c} Ramah,
(c) For there his house was, 1Sa 7:17.
MHC: 8:4-9 Samuel was displeased; he could patiently bear what reflected on himself, and his own family; but it displeased him when they said, Give us a king to judge us, because that reflected upon God. It drove him to his knees. When any thing disturbs us, it is our interest, as well as our duty, to show our trouble before God. Samuel is to tell them that they shall have a king. Not that God was pleased with their request, but as sometimes he opposes us from loving-kindness, so at other times he gratifies us in wrath; he did so here. God knows how to bring glory to himself, and serves his own wise purposes, even by men's foolish counsels.
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