Deuteronomy 17:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁴ “When you come to the land which the Lord your God gives you, and you possess it and dwell in it, and then say, ‘I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me’;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ When you come to the land which the Lord your God gives you and you possess it and live there, and then say, We will set a king over us like all the nations that are about us,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ 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;

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Once you have entered the land the LORD your God is giving you and you have taken possession of it and settled down in it, you might say: “Let’s appoint a king over us, as all our neighboring nations have done.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ When you will have entered into the land which the Lord your God will give to you, and you possess it, and you live in it, and you say, 'I will appoint a king over me, just as all the surrounding nations have done,'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ When thou art come into the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee, and possessest it, and shalt say: I will set a king over me, as all nations have that are round about.

Deuteronomy 17:14 Cross References

Leviticus 14:34

“When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a leprous disease in a house in the land of your possession,

Numbers 33:53

and you shall take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.

Deuteronomy 11:31

For you are to pass over the Jordan to go in to take possession of the land which the Lord your God gives you; and when you possess it and live in it,

Deuteronomy 18:9

“When you come into the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations.

Deuteronomy 26:1

“When you come into the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance, and have taken possession of it, and live in it,

Deuteronomy 26:9

and he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 7:1

“When the Lord your God brings you into the land which you are entering to take possession of it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than yourselves,

Joshua 1:13

“Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, ‘The Lord your God is providing you a place of rest, and will give you this land.’

Joshua 21:43

Thus the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and having taken possession of it, they settled there.

1 Samuel 10:19

But you have this day rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said, ‘No! but set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.”

1 Samuel 10:25

Then Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship; and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his home.

1 Samuel 12:19

And all the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.”

1 Samuel 16:3

And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for me him whom I name to you.”

1 Samuel 8:11

He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his chariots;