6But when they said, "Give us a king to lead us," this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord .


In Context

3 But his sons did not walk in his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice.

4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

5 They said to him, "You are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have."

6 But when they said, "Give us a king to lead us," this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord .

7 And the Lord told him: "Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.

8 As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.

1st Samuel 8:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:6And the word was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, that they should say: Give us a king, to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6And the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:6But the thing displeased Samuel; when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us: and Samuel prayed to the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, |Give us a king to judge us.| Samuel prayed to Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6And the thing is evil in the eyes of Samuel, when they have said, 'Give to us a king to judge us;' and Samuel prayeth unto Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the LORD.