1 Samuel 8:9
1 Samuel 8:7-9 The Message (MSG)
GOD answered Samuel, “Go ahead and do what they’re asking. They are not rejecting you. They’ve rejected me as their King. From the day I brought them out of Egypt until this very day they’ve been behaving like this, leaving me for other gods. And now they’re doing it to you. So let them have their own way. But warn them of what they’re in for. Tell them the way kings operate, just what they’re likely to get from a king.”
1 Samuel 8:9 King James Version (KJV)
Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
1 Samuel 8:9 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Now then, listen to their voice; however, you shall solemnly warn them and tell them of the procedure of the king who will reign over them.”
1 Samuel 8:9 New Century Version (NCV)
Now listen to the people, but warn them what the king who rules over them will do.”
1 Samuel 8:9 American Standard Version (ASV)
Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
1 Samuel 8:9 New International Version (NIV)
Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.”
1 Samuel 8:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them.”
1 Samuel 8:9 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So now listen to their voice; only solemnly warn them and tell them the ways of the king who will reign over them.”