1 Samuel 8:9 Parallel Translations

Listen to them now, but be sure to warn them and tell them about the rights of a king."(GOD'S WORD®)

Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

ASV:

Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

BBE:

Give ear now to their voice: but make a serious protest to them, and give them a picture of the sort of king who will be their ruler.

DBY:

And now hearken unto their voice; only, testify solemnly unto them, and declare unto them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

ERV:

Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

JPS:

Now therefore hearken unto their voice; howbeit thou shalt earnestly forewarn them, and shalt declare unto them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.'

WBS:

Now therefore hearken to their voice: yet protest solemnly to them, and show them the manner of the king that will reign over them.

WEB:

Now therefore listen to their voice: however you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them the manner of the king who shall reign over them."

YLT:

And now, hearken to their voice; only, surely thou dost certainly protest to them, and hast declared to them the custom of the king who doth reign over them.'

1 Samuel 8:9 Cross References

XREF:

1 Samuel 8:11 He said, "This will be the procedure of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and place them for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots.

1 Samuel 10:25 Then Samuel told the people the ordinances of the kingdom, and wrote them in the book and placed it before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his house.

Ezekiel 3:18 "When I say to the wicked, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

8:9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet {e} protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
(e) To prove if they will forsake their wicked purpose.

WES:

8:9 Ye protest - That, if it be possible, thou mayst yet prevent their sin and misery. The manner - That is, of the kings which they desire like the kings of other nations.

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.

CONC:

Certainly Custom Declare Declared Ear Earnestly Forewarn Hast Hearken Howbeit However Listen Manner Picture Procedure Protest Reign Ruler Serious Solemnly Sort Surely Testify Voice Warn Yet

Custom Declare Declared Ear Earnestly Hearken Howbeit However Manner Picture Procedure Protest Reign Ruler Serious Show Solemnly Sort Surely Testify Voice Warn

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