1 Samuel 8:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁵ They said to him, ‘Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Therefore, appoint a king to judge us the same as all the other nations have.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ and said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint us a king to rule over us like all the other nations.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ and they said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

Common English Bible

⁵ They said to him, “Listen. You are old now, and your sons don’t follow in your footsteps. So appoint us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And they said to him: "Behold, you are elderly, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Appoint for us a king, so that he may judge us, just as all the nations have."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And they said to him: Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways. Make us a king, to judge us, as all nations have.

1 Samuel 8:5 Tagairtí Cros

Numbers 23:9

I see them from the top of rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. There is a people living alone; it does not consider itself among the nations.

Acts 13:21

Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

Judges 8:22

Then the Israelites said to Gideon, ‘Rule over us,  you as well as your sons and your grandsons, for you delivered us from the power of Midian.’

1 Samuel 10:19

But today you have rejected your God,  who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions. You said to him, “You  must set a king over us.”  Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.’

1 Samuel 12:13

‘Now here is the king you’ve chosen,  the one you requested.  Look, this is the king the Lord has placed over you.

1 Samuel 12:17

Isn’t the wheat harvest today?  I will call on the Lord, and he will send thunder and rain so that you will recognise what an immense evil you committed in the Lord’s sight by requesting a king for yourselves.’

1 Samuel 12:2

Now you can see that the king is leading you. As for me, I’m old and grey, and my sons are here with you. I have led you from my youth until now.

1 Samuel 9:20

As for the donkeys that wandered away from you three days ago,  don’t worry about them because they’ve been found. And who does all Israel desire  but you and all your father’s family? ’