1 Samuel 8:6
World English Bible (WEB)
But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” Samuel prayed to the LORD.
In context
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.
5 They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” Samuel prayed to the LORD.
7 The LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them.
8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, in that they have forsaken me and served other gods, so they also do to you.
1 Samuel 8:6 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” Samuel 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.
- 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.
- 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.