1 Samuel 8:20 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁰ Then we shall be, we also, like all the nations, and our sovereign shall rule us and go out before us and fight our battles.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ that we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ That we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

Common English Bible

²⁰ so we can be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us and fight our battles.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ and we shall be just like all the Gentiles. And our king will judge us, and he will go out before us, and he will fight our wars for us."

1 Samuel 8:20 Cross References

Psalm 106:35

But mixed with the gentiles And learned their works,

Exodus 33:16

“For how then shall it be known that I have found favour in Your eyes, I and Your people, except You go with us? Then we shall be distinguished, I and Your people, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”

Numbers 23:9

“For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I observe him. Look, a people dwelling alone, not reckoning itself among the nations.

John 15:19

“If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, for that reason the world hates you.

Romans 12:12

rejoicing in the expectancy, enduring under pressure, continuing steadfastly in prayer;

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate, says יהוה, and do not touch what is unclean, and I shall receive you.

Deuteronomy 7:6

“For you are a set-apart people to יהוה  your Elohim. יהוה  your Elohim has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a treasured possession above all the peoples on the face of the earth.

Philippians 3:20

For our citizenship is in the heavens, from which we also eagerly wait for the Saviour, the Master יהושע  Messiah,

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a set-apart nation, a people for a possession, that you should proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light,

1 Samuel 12:12

“And when you saw that Naḥ

1 Samuel 12:2

“And now, look, the sovereign is walking before you. And I am old and grey, and look, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth to this day.

1 Samuel 8:5

and said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a sovereign to rule us like all the nations.”