But they did not listen. And Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than the nations ever did, whom Jehovah destroyed before the sons of Israel.
1 Samuel 8:19 - Modern King James Version But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, No, 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 did not listen. And Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than the nations ever did, whom Jehovah destroyed before the sons of Israel.
But My people would not listen to My voice, and Israel would have none of Me.
So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their own hearts; and they walked in their own conceits.
I also will choose the things that delude them, and I will bring their fears on them, because I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they did not hear. But they did evil before My eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.
As for the Word that you have spoken to us in the name of Jehovah, we will not listen to you.
And now, because you have done all these works, says Jehovah, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear; and I called you, but you did not answer;
And they come to you as the people come, 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 unjust gain.
When you come to the land which Jehovah your God gives you, and shall possess it and shall live in it and shall say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations around me,
And when you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No, but a king shall reign over us, even though Jehovah your God was your King.