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


In Context

16 And your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your young men — the best, and your asses, he doth take, and hath prepared for his own work;

17 your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants.

18 And ye have cried out in that day because of the king whom ye have chosen for yourselves, and Jehovah doth not answer you in that day.'

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

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

21 And Samuel heareth all the words of the people, and speaketh them in the ears of Jehovah;

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 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 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;