But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
1 Samuel 8:19 - King James 2000 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, No! We will have a king over us, American Standard Version (1901) But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us, Common English Bible But the people refused to listen to Samuel and said, “No! There must be a king over us Catholic Public Domain Version But the people were not willing to listen to the voice of Samuel. Instead, they said: "By no means! For there shall be a king over us, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said: Nay: but there shall be a king over us. |
But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would have none of me.
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did evil before my eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.
As for the word that you have spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto you.
And now, because you have done all these works, says the LORD, and I spoke unto you, rising up early and speaking, but you heard not; and I called you, but you answered not;
And they come unto you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness.
When you are come unto the land which the LORD your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall dwell therein, and shall say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are about me;
And when you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.