1 Samuel 8:10

“And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations

¶ And Samuel told all the words of the Lord vnto the people, that asked of him a King.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who had asked of him a king.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And Samuel told all the words of Jehovah unto the people that asked of him a king.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And Samuel said all these words of the Lord to the people who were desiring a king.
- Basic English Bible

And Samuel spoke all the words of Jehovah to the people that asked of him a king.
- Darby Bible

And Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people that asked of him a king.
- Webster's Bible

Samuel told all the words of Yahweh to the people who asked of him a king.
- World English Bible

And Samuel speaketh all the words of Jehovah unto the people who are asking from him a king,
- Youngs Literal Bible

And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible commentary

Wesley's Notes for 1 Samuel 8:10


8:8 So do they - Thou farest no worse than myself. This he speaks for Samuel's comfort and vindication.

8:9 Ye protest - That, if it be possible, thou mayst yet prevent their sin and misery. The manner - That is, of the kings which they desire like the kings of other nations.

8:11 Will take - Injuriously and by violence.

8:12 Will appoint - Heb. To, or for himself; for his own fancy, or glory, and not only when the necessities of the kingdom require it. And though this might seem to he no incumbrance, but an honour to the persons so advanced, yet even in them that honour was accompanied with great dangers, and pernicious snares of many kinds, which those faint shadows of glory could not recompense; and as to the public, their pomp and power proved very burdensome to the people, whose lands and fruits were taken from them, and bestowed upon these, for the support of their state. Will set them - At his own pleasure, when possibly their own fields required all their time and pains. He will press them for all sorts of his work, and that upon his own terms.


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