1 Samuel 8:20
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.
KJV
et erimus nos quoque sicut omnes gentes : et judicabit nos rex noster, et egredietur ante nos, et pugnabit bella nostra pro nobis.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐσόμεθα καὶ ἡμεῖς κατὰ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη· καὶ δικάσει ἡμᾶς βασιλεὺς ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ἔμπροσθεν ἡμῶν, καὶ πολεμήσει τὸν πόλεμον ἡμῶν.
LXX
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
וְ/הָיִ֥ינוּ גַם אֲנַ֖חְנוּ כְּ/כָל הַ/גּוֹיִ֑ם וּ/שְׁפָטָ֤/נוּ מַלְכֵּ֨/נוּ֙ וְ/יָצָ֣א לְ/פָנֵ֔י/נוּ וְ/נִלְחַ֖ם אֶת מִלְחֲמֹתֵֽ/נוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 8:5 — And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
- 1Sam 12:2 — And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
- Num 27:17 — Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.