1 Samuel 8:20

In 11 translations

BSB

Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”

KJV

That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

WEB

that we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.”

ASV

that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

LSV

and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king has judged us, and gone out before us, and fought our battles.”

YLT

and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king hath judged us, and gone out before us, and fought our battles.'

DBY

that we also may be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and conduct our wars.

DRC

And we also will be like all nations: and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and tight our battles for us.

GNV

And we also will be like all other nations, and our King shall iudge vs, and goe out before vs, and fight our battels.

JPS

that we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.'

LXXE

And we also will be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and shall go out before us, and fight our battles.Gr. war.

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WLC

וְהָיִ֥ינוּ גַם־אֲנַ֖חְנוּ כְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וּשְׁפָטָ֤נוּ מַלְכֵּ֨נוּ֙ וְיָצָ֣א לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ וְנִלְחַ֖ם אֶת־מִלְחֲמֹתֵֽנוּ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐσόμεθα καὶ ἡμεῖς καθὰ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη· καὶ δικάσει ἡμᾶς βασιλεὺς ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ἔμπροσθεν ἡμῶν, καὶ πολεμήσει τὸν πόλεμον ἡμῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Samuel 8:5“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”
• 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
• Numbers 23:9For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.
• Leviticus 20:24–26But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples. You are therefore…
• 2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
• John 15:19If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
• Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
• Psalms 106:35but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
• Exodus 33:16For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
• Romans 12:12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
• Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).