20That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.


In Context

17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye will be his servants.

18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

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

20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

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

22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Go ye every man to his city.

1 Samuel 8:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:20Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:20That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:20And we also will be like all nations: and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and tight our battles for us.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:20that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20that we also may be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and conduct our wars.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:20that we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king hath judged us, and gone out before us, and fought our battles.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:20That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.