Deuteronomy 17:14
When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
KJV
Cum ingressus fueris terram, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi, et possederis eam, habitaverisque in illa, et dixeris : Constituam super me regem, sicut habent omnes per circuitum nationes :
Vulgate
Ἐὰν δὲ εἰσέλθῃς εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν Κύριος ὁ θεός σου δίδωσίν σοι, καὶ κληρονομήσῃς αὐτὴν καὶ κατοικήσῃς ἐπ’ αὐτήν, καὶ εἴπῃς Καταστήσω ἐπ’ ἐμαυτὸν ἄρχοντα καθὰ καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἔθνη τὰ κύκλῳ μου·
LXX
When thou art come unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me;
ASV
כִּֽי תָבֹ֣א אֶל הָ/אָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ נֹתֵ֣ן לָ֔/ךְ וִֽ/ירִשְׁתָּ֖/הּ וְ/יָשַׁ֣בְתָּה בָּ֑/הּ וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֗ אָשִׂ֤ימָה עָלַ/י֙ מֶ֔לֶךְ כְּ/כָל הַ/גּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר סְבִיבֹתָֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 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 8:11 — And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before hi
- 1Sam 8:19 — Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
- 1Sam 10:25 — Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
- 1Sam 12:19 — And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
- Deut 19:1 — When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
- Deut 26:1 — And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;
- Gen 36:31 — And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
- Josh 1:13 — Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.
- Josh 21:43 — And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.