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Samuel’s Warning

1 Samuel 8:18

In 11 translations

BSB
When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”
KJV
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
WEB
You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will have chosen for yourselves; and Yahweh will not answer you in that day.”
ASV
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.
LSV
And you have cried out in that day because of the king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and YHWH does not answer you in that day.”
YLT
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.'
DBY
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye have chosen; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.
DRC
And you shall cry out in that day from the face of the king, whom you have chosen to yourselves. and the Lord will not hear you in that day, because you desired unto yourselves a king.
GNV
And ye shall crie out at that day, because of your King, whom ye haue chosen you, and the Lord will not heare you at that day.
JPS
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.'
LXXE
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye have chosen to yourselves, and the Lord shall not hear you in those days, because ye have chosen to yourselves a king.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּזְעַקְתֶּם֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא מִלִּפְנֵ֣י מַלְכְּכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּחַרְתֶּ֖ם לָכֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־יַעֲנֶ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ βοήσεσθε ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐκ προσώπου βασιλέως ὑμῶν οὗ ἐξελέξασθε ἑαυτοῖς, καὶ οὐκ ἐπακούσεται Κύριος ὑμῶν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις, ὅτι ὑμεῖς ἐξελέξασθε ἑαυτοῖς βασιλέα.

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  • Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
  • Proverbs 1:25–28because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a…
  • Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
  • Isaiah 8:21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
  • Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
  • Psalms 18:41They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
  • Luke 13:25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
  • Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.

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