1 Samuel 8:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ And יהוה  said to Shemu’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken to the voice of the people in all they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not be King over them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And Jehovah said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.

Common English Bible

⁷ The LORD answered Samuel, “Comply with the people’s request—everything they ask of you—because they haven’t rejected you. No, they’ve rejected me as king over them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Then the Lord said to Samuel: "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they are saying to you. For they have not rejected you, but me, lest I reign over them.

1 Samuel 8:7 Cross References

Exodus 16:8

And Mosheh said, “In that יהוה  gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfaction, for יהוה  hears your grumblings which you make against Him. And what are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against יהוה.”

Isaiah 66:4

“I shall also choose their punishments, and bring their fears on them. Because I called, but no one answered. I spoke and they did not hear, and they did evil before My eyes, and chose what was displeasing to Me.”

Jeremiah 34:14

“At the end of seven years each one should set free his Heḇ

Ezekiel 2:3

And He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 3:7

“But the house of Yisra’ĕ

Numbers 22:20

And Elohim came to Bilʽ

Matthew 10:40

“He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

Luke 10:16

“He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.”

Luke 19:14

“But his subjects were hating him, and sent a delegation after him, to say, ‘We do not wish this one to reign over us.’

Luke 19:27

‘But those enemies of mine who did not wish me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.’ ”

John 13:16

“Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is an emissary greater than he who sent him.

Judges 8:23

But Giḏ

1 Samuel 10:19

“And today you have rejected your Elohim, who Himself saved you out of all your evils and your distresses. And you have said to Him, ‘No, but set a sovereign over us!’ And now, present yourselves before יהוה  by your tribes and by your clans.”

1 Samuel 12:1

And Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 12:12

“And when you saw that Naḥ

1 Samuel 8:22

And יהוה  said to Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 8:8

“According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Mitsrayim, even to this day – forsaking Me and serving other mighty ones – so they are doing to you too.