1 Samuel 8:20
1 Samuel 8:20 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
20Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”
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20so that we also may be like all the nations, and our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”
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20so that we too may be like all the nations [around us], that our king may judge [and govern] us and go out before us and fight our battles.”
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20Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”
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20that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
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20And we also will be like all other nations, and our King shall iudge vs, and goe out before vs, and fight our battels.
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20that we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.”
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20Then we’ll be like all the other nations. We’ll have a king to lead us. He’ll go out at the head of our armies and fight our battles.”
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20We want to be like all the other nations! We want a king to rule us. He will be our leader when we go to fight our enemies.’
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20and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king has judged us, and gone out before us, and fought our battles.”
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