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


In Context

16 Your menservants and maidservants and the best of your cattle and donkeys he will take for his own use.

17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

18 When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the Lord will not answer you in that day."

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

20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles."

21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the Lord .

1st Samuel 8:19 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:19But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said: Nay: but there shall be 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;