1 Samuel 12:19 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁹ And all the people said to Shemu’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ And [they] all 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 a king.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, that we die not; for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ All of them said to Samuel, “Please pray for us, your servants, to the LORD your God so we don’t die because we have added to our many sins the evil of asking for a king.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ And all the people feared the Lord and Samuel exceedingly. And all the people said to Samuel: "Pray, on behalf of your servants, to the Lord your God, so that we may not die. For we have added to all our sins this evil, that we would petition for a king."

1 Samuel 12:19 Cross References

Genesis 20:7

“And now, return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and let him pray for you and you live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall certainly die, you and all that are yours.”

Job 37:13

He causes it to come, whether as a rod, or for His land, or for kindness.

Job 42:8

And now, take seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Iyoḇ

Exodus 10:17

“And now, please forgive my sin only this once, and pray to יהוה  your Elohim, that He would only turn away this death from me.”

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.”

Exodus 9:28

“Pray to יהוה, for there has been enough of the thunder and hail of Elohim. And I am letting you go, so that you stay no longer.”

Isaiah 26:16

O יהוה, in distress they shall visit You, they shall pour out a prayer when Your disciplining is upon them.

Jeremiah 15:1

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

Jeremiah 27:18

‘But if they are prophets, and if the word of יהוה  is with them, let them now make intercession to יהוה  of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the House of יהוה, and in the house of the sovereign of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 37:3

And Tsiḏ

Jeremiah 42:2

and said to Yirmeyahu the prophet, “We beg you, let our petition be acceptable to you, and pray for us to יהוה  your Elohim, for all this remnant, for we are few left of many, as your eyes see us.

Malachi 1:9

“And now, entreat the face of Ě

Numbers 21:7

Then the people came to Mosheh, and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against יהוה  and against you. Pray to יהוה  to take away the serpents from us.” So Mosheh prayed on behalf of the people.

Acts 8:24

But Shimʽ

James 5:15

And the prayer of the belief shall save the sick, and the Master shall raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he shall be forgiven.

1 John 5:16

If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin, not unto death, he shall ask, and He shall give him life for those not sinning unto death. There is a sin unto death. I do not say that he should pray about that.

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 12:17

“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.”

1 Samuel 12:20

And Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 12:23

“Also, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against יהוה  in ceasing to pray for you, but I shall teach you the good and straight way.

1 Samuel 7:5

And Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 7:8

And the children of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 8:6

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