1 Samuel 12:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ “Is today not the wheat harvest? Let me call to יהוה, so that He sends thunder and rain – know then and see that your evil is great, which you have done in the eyes of יהוה, in asking for yourselves a sovereign.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call to the Lord and He will send thunder and rain; then you shall know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the Lord in asking for a king for yourselves.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Isn’t the wheat harvest today? I will call upon the LORD to send thunder and rain. Then you will know and will see for yourselves what great evil you’ve done in the LORD’s eyes by asking for a king.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Is it not the harvest of the wheat today? I will call upon the Lord, and he will send thunder and rain. And you will know and see that you have done a great evil in the sight of the Lord, by petitioning for a king over you."

1 Samuel 12:17 Cross References

Psalm 99:6

Mosheh and Aharon were among His priests, And Shemu’ĕ

Exodus 32:30

And it came to be on the next day that Mosheh said to the people, “You, you have sinned a great sin. And now I am going up to יהוה  – if I might atone for your sin.”

Proverbs 26:1

Like snow in summer, and rain in harvest, So esteem is not fitting for a fool.

Jeremiah 15:1

And יהוה  said to me, “Even if Mosheh and Shemu’ĕ

Joshua 10:12

Then Yehoshua spoke to יהוה  in the day when יהוה  gave the Amorites over to the children of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 12:13

“And now, here is the sovereign whom you have chosen and whom you have asked. And see, יהוה  has set a sovereign over you.

1 Samuel 12:19

And all the people said to Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 2:10

“Those who oppose יהוה  are shattered, from the heavens He thunders against them. יהוה  judges the ends of the earth, and gives strength to His sovereign, and exalts the horn of His anointed.”

1 Samuel 7:5

And Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 8:6

But the word was evil in the eyes of Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 8:7

And יהוה  said to Shemu’ĕ