Verse 21
1 Samuel 8:21
Literal Standard Version
21
And Samuel hears all the words of the people, and speaks them in the ears of YHWH;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֣ע שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל אֵ֖ת כָּל דִּבְרֵ֣י הָ/עָ֑ם וַֽ/יְדַבְּרֵ֖/ם בְּ/אָזְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה
English Translation
And Samuel heard all the words of the people and spoke them in the ears of the Lord.
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Chapter 8 Context
1
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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19
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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