1 Samuel 8:9

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”

In context

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.

9 Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”

10 So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.

11 He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots.

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1 Samuel 8:9 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”
KJV King James Version: Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
WEB World English Bible: Now therefore, listen to their voice. However, you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them the way of the king who will reign over them.”
ASV American Standard Version: Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: And now, hearken to their voice; only, surely thou dost certainly protest to them, and hast declared to them the custom of the king who doth reign over them.'
DBY Darby Translation: And now hearken unto their voice; only, testify solemnly unto them, and declare unto them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
WBS Webster Bible: Now therefore hearken to their voice: yet protest solemnly to them, and show them the manner of the king that will reign over them.