Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.” New Living Translation Do as they ask, but solemnly warn them about the way a king will reign over them.” English Standard Version Now then, obey their voice; only you shall solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.” 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.” King James Bible 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. New King James Version Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them.” New American Standard Bible Now then, listen to their voice; however, you shall warn them strongly and tell them of the practice of the king who will reign over them.” NASB 1995 “Now then, listen to their voice; however, you shall solemnly warn them and tell them of the procedure of the king who will reign over them.” NASB 1977 “Now then, listen to their voice; however, you shall solemnly warn them and tell them of the procedure of the king who will reign over them.” Legacy Standard Bible So now, listen to their voice; however, you shall solemnly testify to them and tell them of the custom of the king who will reign over them.” Amplified Bible So now listen to their voice; only solemnly warn them and tell them the ways of the king who will reign over them.” Christian Standard Bible Listen to them, but solemnly warn them and tell them about the customary rights of the king who will reign over them.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and tell them about the rights of the king who will rule over them.” 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. Contemporary English Version Do everything they ask, but warn them and tell them how a king will treat them. English Revised Version Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. GOD'S WORD® Translation Listen to them now, but be sure to warn them and tell them about the rights of a king." Good News Translation So then, listen to them, but give them strict warnings and explain how their kings will treat them." International Standard Version Now, listen to them, but you are to clearly warn them and inform them about how the king who rules over them will operate." Majority 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.” NET Bible So now do as they say. But seriously warn them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them." New Heart 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 shall reign over them." Webster's Bible Translation Now therefore hearken to their voice: yet protest solemnly to them, and show them the manner of the king that will reign over them. 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.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd now, listen to their voice; only, surely you certainly protest to them, and have declared to them the custom of the king who reigns over them.” 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.' Smith's Literal Translation And now hear to their voice: but protesting, thou shalt protest to them, and announce to them the judgment of the king who shall reign over them. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleNow therefore hearken to their voice: but yet testify to them, and foretell them the right of the king, that shall reign over them. Catholic Public Domain Version Now therefore, hear their voice. Yet truly, testify to them and foretell to them the rights of the king who will reign over them.” New American Bible Now listen to them; but at the same time, give them a solemn warning and inform them of the rights of the king who will rule them. New Revised Standard Version Now then, listen to their voice; only—you shall solemnly warn them, and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleNow therefore hearken to their voice; but testify solemnly to them, and show them the law of the king who shall reign over them. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And now listen to their voice, however, certainly testify to them and show them the law of the King who will reign over them” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Now therefore hearken unto their voice; howbeit thou shalt earnestly forewarn them, and shalt declare unto them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.' Brenton Septuagint Translation And now hearken to their voice; only thou shalt solemnly testify to them, and thou shalt describe to them the manner of the king who shall reign over them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Israel Demands a King…8Just 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. 9Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.” Cross References Deuteronomy 17:14-20 When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,” / you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers. / But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’ ... Hosea 13:10-11 Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”? / So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away. Judges 8:23 But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.” 1 Samuel 10:19 But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.” 1 Samuel 12:12-17 But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king. / Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you. / If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well. ... 1 Kings 8:7-9 For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles. / The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day. / There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt. 2 Kings 17:13-15 Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. / They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. Isaiah 3:4-5 “I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.” / The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable. Jeremiah 7:23-24 but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. / Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. Ezekiel 20:18-19 In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols. / I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Matthew 20:25-28 But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them. / It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, / and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave— ... Mark 10:42-45 So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them. / But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, / and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all. ... Luke 22:25-27 So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors. / But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves. / For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves. John 19:15 At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests. Acts 13:21-22 Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years. / After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’ Treasury of Scripture Now therefore listen to their voice: however, yet protest solemnly to them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. hearken unto. Ezekiel 3:18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. the manner 1 Samuel 8:11-18 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots… 1 Samuel 2:13 And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; 1 Samuel 10:25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. Jump to Previous Custom Declare Declared Ear Earnestly Hearken Howbeit However Manner Picture Procedure Protest Reign Ruler Serious Show Solemnly Sort Surely Testify Voice WarnJump to Next Custom Declare Declared Ear Earnestly Hearken Howbeit However Manner Picture Procedure Protest Reign Ruler Serious Show Solemnly Sort Surely Testify Voice Warn1 Samuel 8 1. By occasion of the ill government of Samuel's sons, the Israelites ask a king6. Samuel praying in grief is comforted by God 10. He tells the manner of a king 19. God wills Samuel to yield unto the importunity of the people Now listen to their voice The Hebrew word for "listen" is "שָׁמַע" (shama), which implies not just hearing but understanding and considering. In this context, God instructs Samuel to heed the Israelites' request for a king. This phrase underscores the importance of listening to the desires and concerns of the people, even when they diverge from divine ideals. It reflects God's patience and willingness to engage with human agency, allowing His people to exercise free will, even when it leads to less than ideal outcomes. but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them Hebrew Nowוְעַתָּ֖ה (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 6258: At this time listen to them, שְׁמַ֣ע (šə·ma‘) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently but אַ֗ךְ (’aḵ) Adverb Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely you must solemnly warn הָעֵ֤ד (hā·‘êḏ) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute Strong's 5749: To duplicate, repeat, to protest, testify, to encompass, restore them בָּהֶ֔ם (bā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew and show וְהִגַּדְתָּ֣ (wə·hig·gaḏ·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous them לָהֶ֔ם (lā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew the manner מִשְׁפַּ֣ט (miš·paṭ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style of the king הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king who אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that will reign יִמְלֹ֖ךְ (yim·lōḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel over them.” עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ (‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Links 1 Samuel 8:9 NIV1 Samuel 8:9 NLT 1 Samuel 8:9 ESV 1 Samuel 8:9 NASB 1 Samuel 8:9 KJV 1 Samuel 8:9 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 8:9 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 8:9 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 8:9 French Bible 1 Samuel 8:9 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 8:9 Now therefore listen to their voice: however (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |