1 Samuel 12:2 - The Scriptures 2009

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And now, behold, the king walks before you. And I am old and gray, and behold, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my childhood to this day.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day.

Common English Bible

² The king will lead you now. I am old and gray, though my sons are still with you, and I’ve been your leader since I was young until now.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And now the king advances before you. But I am old and have gray hair. Moreover, my sons are with you. And so, having conversed before you from my youth, even until this day, behold, I am here.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And now the king goeth before you. But I am old and greyheaded: and my sons are with you. Having then conversed with you from my youth unto this day, behold here I am.

1 Samuel 12:2 Cross References

Psalm 71:18

And also when I am old and grey, O Elohim, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to a generation, Your might to all those who are to come.

Numbers 27:17

“who goes out before them and comes in before them, who leads them out and brings them in, so that the congregation of יהוה be not like sheep without a shepherd.

2 Timothy 4:6

For I am already being poured out, and the time of my departure has arrived.

Joshua 23:1

And it came to be, a long time after יהוה had given rest to Yisra’ĕl from all their enemies round about, that Yehoshua was old, advanced in years.

Joshua 23:2

And Yehoshua called for all Yisra’ĕl, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them, “I am old, advanced in years.

2 Peter 1:14

knowing that the putting off of my tent is soon, even as our Master יהושע Messiah made clear to me.

1 Samuel 2:22

And Ěli was very old, and had heard all that his sons were doing to all Yisra’ĕl, and how they lay with the women who were assembling at the door of the Tent of Appointment.

1 Samuel 2:29

Why do you kick at My slaughtering and My offering which I have commanded in My Dwelling Place, and esteem your sons above Me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Yisra’ĕl My people?’

1 Samuel 3:10

And יהוה came and stood and called as at other times, “Shemu’ĕl! Shemu’ĕl!” And Shemu’ĕl answered, “Speak, for Your servant hears.”

1 Samuel 3:13

“For I have declared to him that I am judging his house forever for the crookedness which he knows, because his sons cursed Elohim, and he did not rebuke them.

1 Samuel 3:16

Then Ěli called Shemu’ĕl and said, “Shemu’ĕl, my son!” And he answered, “Here I am.”

1 Samuel 8:1

And it came to be, when Shemu’ĕl was old, that he made his sons rulers over Yisra’ĕl.

1 Samuel 8:20

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.”

1 Samuel 8:3

But his sons did not walk in his ways, and turned aside after own gain, and took bribes, and twisted right-ruling.

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.”