Verse 8
1 Samuel 8:8
Literal Standard Version
8
According to all the works that they have done from the day of My bringing them up out of Egypt, even to this day, when they forsake Me, and serve other gods—so they are also doing to you.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כְּ/כָֽל הַ/מַּעֲשִׂ֣ים אֲשֶׁר עָשׂ֗וּ מִ/יּוֹם֩ הַעֲלֹתִ֨/י אֹתָ֤/ם מִ/מִּצְרַ֨יִם֙ וְ/עַד הַ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/זֶּ֔ה וַ/יַּ֣עַזְבֻ֔/נִי וַ/יַּעַבְד֖וּ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים כֵּ֛ן הֵ֥מָּה עֹשִׂ֖ים גַּם לָֽ/ךְ
English Translation
"Like all the deeds that they did from the day I brought them up from Egypt until this day, and they forsook me and served other gods, so they are doing also to you."
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Chapter 8 Context
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And it comes to pass, when Samuel is aged, that he makes his sons judges over Israel.
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And the name of his firstborn 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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And all the elderly of Israel gather themselves together, and come to Samuel at Ramath,
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and say to him, “Behold, you have become aged, and your sons have not walked in your ways; now, appo...
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And the thing is evil in the eyes of Samuel when they have said, “Give a king to us, to judge us”; a...
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And YHWH says to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people, to all that they say to you, for they h...
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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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And now, listen to their voice; only, surely you certainly protest to them, and have declared to the...
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And Samuel speaks all the words of YHWH to the people who are asking for a king from him,
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and says, “This is the custom of the king who reigns over you: he takes your sons, and has appointed...
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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 he takes your daughters for perfumers, and for cooks, and for bakers;
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and your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards—he takes the best, and has given to his se...
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And he tithes your seed and your vineyards, and has given to his eunuchs, and to his servants.
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And your menservants and your maidservants, and the best of your young men and your donkeys, he take...
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he tithes your flock, and you are for servants to him.
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And you have cried out in that day because of the king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and YHWH...
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And the people refuse to listen to the voice of Samuel, and say, “No, but a king is over us,
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and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king has judged us, and gone out before us,...
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And Samuel hears all the words of the people, and speaks them in the ears of YHWH;
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and YHWH says to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and you have caused a king to reign over them.” And...
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