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1 Samuel 8:6-7
Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 8:6-7
Christian Standard Bible
6 When they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” Samuel considered their demand wrong, so he prayed to the Lord. 7 But the Lord told him, “Listen to the people and everything they say to you. They have not rejected you; they have rejected me as their king.(A)
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1 Samuel 8:6-7
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 8:6-7
English Standard Version
6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord. 7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, (A)for they have not rejected you, (B)but they have rejected me from being king over them.
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1 Samuel 8:6-7
New International Version
1 Samuel 8:6-7
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1 Samuel 8:6-7
King James Version
1 Samuel 8:6-7
King James Version
6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.
7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
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