Verse 18
1 Samuel 8:18
Young's Literal Translation
18
And ye have cried out in that day because of the king whom ye have chosen for yourselves, and Jehovah doth not answer you in that day.'
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/זְעַקְתֶּם֙ בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֔וּא מִ/לִּ/פְנֵ֣י מַלְכְּ/כֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּחַרְתֶּ֖ם לָ/כֶ֑ם וְ/לֹֽא יַעֲנֶ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֶתְ/כֶ֖ם בַּ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/הֽוּא
English Translation
And you will cry out on that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not answer you on that day.
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Chapter 8 Context
1
And it cometh to pass, when Samuel [is] aged, that he maketh his sons judges over Israel.
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2
And the name of his first-born son is Joel, and the name of his second Abiah, judges in Beer-Sheba:
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and his sons have not walked in his ways, and turn aside after the dishonest gain, and take a bribe,...
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4
And all the elders of Israel gather themselves together, and come in unto Samuel to Ramath,
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and say unto him, 'Lo, thou hast become aged, and thy sons have not walked in thy ways; now, appoint...
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6
And the thing is evil in the eyes of Samuel, when they have said, 'Give to us a king to judge us;' a...
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7
And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, 'Hearken to the voice of the people, to all that they say unto thee,...
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8
According to all the works that they have done from the day of My bringing them up out of Egypt, eve...
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9
And now, hearken to their voice; only, surely thou dost certainly protest to them, and hast declared...
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10
And Samuel speaketh all the words of Jehovah unto the people who are asking from him a king,
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and saith, 'This is the custom of the king who doth reign over you: Your sons he doth take, and hath...
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also to appoint for himself heads of thousands, and heads of fifties; also to plow his plowing, and...
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'And your daughters he doth take for perfumers, and for cooks, and for bakers;
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and your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards -- the best -- he doth take, and hath give...
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15
And your seed and your vineyards he doth tithe, and hath given to his eunuchs, and to his servants.
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And your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your young men -- the best, and your asses, he do...
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17
your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants.
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18
And ye have cried out in that day because of the king whom ye have chosen for yourselves, and Jehova...
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And the people refuse to hearken to the voice of Samuel, and say, 'Nay, but a king is over us,
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and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king hath judged us, and gone out before us...
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And Samuel heareth all the words of the people, and speaketh them in the ears of Jehovah;
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and Jehovah saith unto Samuel, 'Hearken to their voice, and thou hast caused to reign over them a ki...
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