Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD. New Living Translation So Samuel repeated to the LORD what the people had said, English Standard Version And when Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the LORD. Berean Standard Bible Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD. King James Bible And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. New King James Version And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the hearing of the LORD. New American Standard Bible Now after Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the LORD’S hearing. NASB 1995 Now after Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the LORD’S hearing. NASB 1977 Now after Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the LORD’s hearing. Legacy Standard Bible So Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the hearing of Yahweh. Amplified Bible Samuel had heard all the words of the people and repeated them to the LORD. Christian Standard Bible Samuel listened to all the people’s words and then repeated them to the LORD. Holman Christian Standard Bible Samuel listened to all the people’s words and then repeated them to the LORD. American Standard Version And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Jehovah. Contemporary English Version Samuel listened to them and then told the LORD exactly what they had said. English Revised Version And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation When Samuel heard everything the people had to say, he reported it privately to the LORD. Good News Translation Samuel listened to everything they said and then went and told it to the LORD. International Standard Version So Samuel listened to all the words of the people, and he repeated them directly to the LORD. Majority Standard Bible Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD. NET Bible So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the LORD. New Heart English Bible Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. World English Bible Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Yahweh. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Samuel hears all the words of the people, and speaks them in the ears of YHWH; Young's Literal Translation And Samuel heareth all the words of the people, and speaketh them in the ears of Jehovah; Smith's Literal Translation And Samuel will hear all the words of the people, and he will speak them in the ears of Jehovah. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd Samuel heard all the words of the people, and rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord. Catholic Public Domain Version And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them to the ears of the Lord. New American Bible Samuel listened to all the concerns of the people and then repeated them to the LORD. New Revised Standard Version When Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the LORD. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them before the LORD. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Shemueil listened to all the words of the people, and he spoke them before LORD JEHOVAH OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them in the ears of the LORD. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and spoke them in the ears of the Lord. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Grants the Request…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.” 21Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD. 22“Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”… Cross References Deuteronomy 17:14-20 When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,” / you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers. / But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’ ... Hosea 13:10-11 Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”? / So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away. Judges 8:23 But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.” 1 Samuel 10:19 But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.” 1 Samuel 12:12-17 But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king. / Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you. / If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well. ... 1 Samuel 15:11 “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night. 1 Samuel 16:1 Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.” 2 Kings 17:7-8 All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. Isaiah 1:2-4 Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. / The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.” / Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. Jeremiah 2:13 “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water. Ezekiel 20:32 When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass. Acts 13:21 Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years. Romans 13:1-2 Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God. / Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. John 19:15 At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests. Matthew 21:42-43 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? / Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. Treasury of Scripture And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. he rehearsed Judges 11:11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh. Jump to Previous Account Ears Heard Heareth Hearing LORD'S Rehearsed Repeated Samuel Speaketh WordsJump to Next Account Ears Heard Heareth Hearing LORD'S Rehearsed Repeated Samuel Speaketh Words1 Samuel 8 1. By occasion of the ill government of Samuel's sons, the Israelites ask a king6. Samuel praying in grief is comforted by God 10. He tells the manner of a king 19. God wills Samuel to yield unto the importunity of the people When Samuel heard The phrase begins with the prophet Samuel, a pivotal figure in Israel's history. The Hebrew root for "heard" is "שָׁמַע" (shama), which implies not just the act of hearing but also understanding and internalizing. Samuel's role as a prophet was to listen attentively to both God and the people, serving as an intermediary. This highlights the importance of spiritual leaders being attuned to the needs and voices of their community, while also being receptive to divine guidance. all that the people said he repeated it in the hearing of the LORD Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔ל (šə·mū·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8050: Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israel listened וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע (way·yiš·ma‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently to all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the words דִּבְרֵ֣י (diḇ·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause of the people הָעָ֑ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and repeated them וַֽיְדַבְּרֵ֖ם (way·ḏab·bə·rêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue in the hearing בְּאָזְנֵ֥י (bə·’ā·zə·nê) Preposition-b | Noun - fdc Strong's 241: Broadness, the ear of the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links 1 Samuel 8:21 NIV1 Samuel 8:21 NLT 1 Samuel 8:21 ESV 1 Samuel 8:21 NASB 1 Samuel 8:21 KJV 1 Samuel 8:21 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 8:21 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 8:21 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 8:21 French Bible 1 Samuel 8:21 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 8:21 Samuel heard all the words (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |