1 Samuel 8:7 - New International Version (Anglicised)

⁷ And the Lord told him: ‘Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 Samuel 8:7 Tagairtí Cros

Exodus 16:8

Moses also said, ‘You will know that it was the Lord when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord.’

Isaiah 66:4

so I also will choose harsh treatment for them and will bring on them what they dread. For when I called, no-one answered, when I spoke, no-one listened. They did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me.’

Jeremiah 34:14

“Every seventh year each of you must free any fellow Hebrews who have sold themselves to you. After they have served you for six years, you must let them go free.” Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or pay attention to me.

Ezekiel 2:3

He said: ‘Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have been in revolt against me to this very day.

Ezekiel 3:7

But the people of Israel are not willing to listen to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate.

Numbers 22:20

That night God came to Balaam and said, ‘Since these men have come to summon you, go with them, but do only what I tell you.’

Matthew 10:40

‘Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.

Luke 10:16

‘Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.’

Luke 19:14

‘But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, “We don’t want this man to be our king.”

Luke 19:27

But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them – bring them here and kill them in front of me.” ’

John 13:16

Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

Judges 8:23

But Gideon told them, ‘I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you.’

1 Samuel 10:19

But you have now rejected your God, who saves you out of all your disasters and calamities. And you have said, “No, appoint a king over us.” So now present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.’

1 Samuel 12:1

Samuel said to all Israel, ‘I have listened to everything you said to me and have set a king over you.

1 Samuel 12:12

‘But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, “No, we want a king to rule over us” – even though the Lord your God was your king.

1 Samuel 8:22

The Lord answered, ‘Listen to them and give them a king.’ Then Samuel said to the Israelites, ‘Everyone go back to your own town.’

1 Samuel 8:8

As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.