1 Samuel 12:17
Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
KJV
Numquid non messis tritici est hodie ? invocabo Dominum, et dabit voces et pluvias : et scietis, et videbitis, quia grande malum feceritis vobis in conspectu Domini, petentes super vos regem.
Vulgate
οὐχὶ θερισμὸς πυρῶν σήμερον; ἐπικαλέσομαι Κύριον καὶ δώσει φωνὰς καὶ ὑετόν, καὶ γνῶτε καὶ ἴδετε ὅτι ἡ κακία ὑμῶν μεγάλη ἣν ἐποιήσατε ἐνώπιον Κυρίου αἰτήσαντες ἑαυτοῖς βασιλέα. ⸆
LXX
Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I will call unto Jehovah, that he may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of Jehovah, in asking you a king.
ASV
הֲ/ל֤וֹא קְצִיר חִטִּים֙ הַ/יּ֔וֹם אֶקְרָא֙ אֶל יְהוָ֔ה וְ/יִתֵּ֥ן קֹל֖וֹת וּ/מָטָ֑ר וּ/דְע֣וּ וּ/רְא֗וּ כִּֽי רָעַתְ/כֶ֤ם רַבָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר עֲשִׂיתֶם֙ בְּ/עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לִ/שְׁא֥וֹל לָ/כֶ֖ם מֶֽלֶךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 7:9 — And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.
- 1Sam 7:10 — And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them
- 1Sam 8:6 — But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
- 1Sam 8:7 — And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
- 1Sam 8:7 — And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
- Ezra 10:9 — Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of
- Isa 29:6 — Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
- Jas 5:16 — Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
- Job 38:28 — Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
- Prov 26:1 — As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
- Prov 26:1 — As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.