19But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said: Nay: but there shall be a king over us.


In Context

16 Your servants also and handmaids, and your goodliest young men, and your asses he will take away, and put them to his work.

17 Your flocks also he will tithe, and you shall be his servants.

18 And you shall cry out in that day from the face of the king, whom you have chosen to yourselves. and the Lord will not hear you in that day, because you desired unto yourselves a king.

19 But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said: Nay: but there shall be a king over us.

20 And we also will be like all nations: and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and tight our battles for us.

21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord.

1 Samuel 8:19 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:19But the people refused to listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We want a king over us.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:19Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:19But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19And the people refused to hearken to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but there shall be a king over us,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:19But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No; but we will have a king over us;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, |No; but we will have a king over us,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19And the people refuse to hearken to the voice of Samuel, and say, 'Nay, but a king is over us,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:19Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No; but we will have a king over us;