1st Samuel Chapter 8 verse 5 Holy Bible
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.
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And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.
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and said to him, Behold, thou art become old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now appoint us a king to judge us, like all the nations.
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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.
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And said to 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.
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and they said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons don't walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
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and say unto him, `Lo, thou hast become aged, and thy sons have not walked in thy ways; now, appoint to us a king, to judge us, like all the nations.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) And said unto him.--They ground their request--which, however, they framed almost in the very terms used in the prophecy of the Law (Deuteronomy 17:14)--upon two circumstances: first, the age of Samuel, and his consequent inability to act as their leader in those perpetual wars and forays with the surrounding hostile nations; secondly, the degeneracy of his sons, who, placed by their father in positions of great trust, naturally looked to succeed him in his high dignity. They felt that the cares and duties of government were too weighty for Samuel, now growing old; and the men who through their kinship to him would naturally succeed him were utterly unfit for his office. The prospect before them was, they felt, a gloomy one. The Philistine power, too, was becoming daily greater in the south.But what confidence must this assembly of elders have reposed in their aged judge to have used such a plea--his own growing infirmity and the unworthiness of his own sons, whom he had himself appointed to high offices! The elders of the people knew Samuel, the man of God, would do what was right and just--would give them the wisest counsel, utterly regardless of any private interest or feeling. The result justified their perfect confidence.Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrew“Look,”הִנֵּה֙ (hin·nêh)InterjectionStrong's 2009: Lo! behold!they said,וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 559: To utter, say“youאַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh)Pronoun - second person masculine singularStrong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and youare old,זָקַ֔נְתָּ (zā·qan·tā)Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 2204: To be or become oldand your sonsוּבָנֶ֕יךָ (ū·ḇā·ne·ḵā)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 1121: A sondo notלֹ֥א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nowalkהָלְכ֖וּ (hā·lə·ḵū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 1980: To go, come, walkin your ways.בִּדְרָכֶ֑יךָ (biḏ·rā·ḵe·ḵā)Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of actionNowעַתָּ֗ה (‘at·tāh)AdverbStrong's 6258: At this timeappointשִֽׂימָה־ (śî·māh-)Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singularStrong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, seta kingמֶ֛לֶךְ (me·leḵ)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4428: A kingto judge usלְשָׁפְטֵ֖נוּ (lə·šā·p̄ə·ṭê·nū)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common pluralStrong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigatelike allכְּכָל־ (kə·ḵāl-)Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everythe other nations.”הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ (hag·gō·w·yim)Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locustsJump to PreviousAged Appoint Judge Lead Nations Walk Walked Ways
