Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 8:18
18When that day comes, you will cry out because of the king you’ve chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won’t answer you on that day.”
1 Samuel 8:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.
- New International Version (NIV)When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the Lord will not hear you in that day.”
Context of 1 Samuel 8:18
16He can take your male servants, your female servants, your best cattle, and your donkeys and use them for his work. 17He can take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves can become his servants. When that day comes, you will cry out because of the king you’ve chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won’t answer you on that day.” 19The people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us. 20Then we’ll be like all the other nations: our king will judge us, go out before us, and fight our battles.”
Read all of 1 Samuel 81 Samuel 8:18 word by word
וּזְעַקְתֶּם֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא מִלִּפְנֵ֣י מַלְכְּכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּחַרְתֶּ֖ם לָכֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־יַעֲנֶ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 8:18
- Isaiah 8:21They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.
- 1 Samuel 8:13He can take your daughters to become perfumers, cooks, and bakers.
- Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him?
- Psalms 18:41They cry for help, but there is no one to save them — they cry to the Lord, but he does not answer them.
- Proverbs 1:25since you neglected all my counsel and did not accept my correction,
- Proverbs 21:13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will himself also call out and not be answered.
- Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
- Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time because of the crimes they have committed.
- Luke 13:25once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door. Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us! ’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 8:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14-18Verses 14-18 See illustrations in marginal references; 1 Kings 5:13-18; 1 Kings 12:4.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 If they would have a king to rule them, as the eastern kings ruled their subjects, they would find the yoke exceedingly heavy. Those that submit to the government of the world and the flesh, are told plainly, what hard masters they are, and what tyranny the dominion of sin is. The law of God and the manner of men widely differ from each other; the former should be our rule in the several relations of life; the latter should be the measure of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18The people would plead for relief, just like their ancestors did in Egypt under a harsh ruler (see Exodus 3:7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1814-18. he will take your fields, &c.--The circumstances mentioned here might be illustrated by exact analogies in the conduct of many Oriental monarchs in the present day.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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