1 Samuel 8:9 - Plain English Version

⁹ But it’s good to listen to them. Let them have a big boss. But warn them carefully, ‘If you have that sort of big boss, he will make it hard for you mob. He will make you do all kinds of hard things for him.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ So listen now to their voice; only solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

Common English Bible

⁹ So comply with their request, but give them a clear warning, telling them how the king will rule over them.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Now therefore, hear their voice. Yet truly, testify to them and foretell to them the rights of the king who will reign over them."

1 Samuel 8:9 Cross References

1 Samuel 2:13

If somebody gave meat to God, those 2 used to take meat the wrong way from that person. You see, the Israel mob used to boil meat in a big cooking pot at God’s ceremony house. One of Eli’s sons used to tell a worker to get meat for him.

1 Samuel 8:8

That’s the way it was a long time ago, while I led their grand-fathers back from that country called Egypt. They used to turn away from me and show respect to gods from other places. Today they still do the same thing. And now they don’t want you or your family to be bosses either.