1 Samuel 8:6
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
In context
4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
5 “Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”
6 But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
7 And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
8 Just 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.
1 Samuel 8:6 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
- KJV King James Version
- But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
- WEB World English Bible
- But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” Samuel prayed to the LORD.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to Jehovah.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us: and Samuel prayed to the LORD.