New Living Translation
1 Samuel 8:18
18When that day comes, you will beg for relief from this king you are demanding, but then the Lord will not help you.”
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 will take your male and female slaves and demand the finest of your cattle and donkeys for his own use. 17He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you will be his slaves. When that day comes, you will beg for relief from this king you are demanding, but then the Lord will not help you.” 19But the people refused to listen to Samuel’s warning. “Even so, we still want a king,” they said. 20“We want to be like the nations around us. Our king will judge us and lead us into battle.”
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 go from one place to another, weary and hungry. And because they are hungry, they will rage and curse their king and their God. They will look up to heaven
- 1 Samuel 8:13The king will take your daughters from you and force them to cook and bake and make perfumes for him.
- Job 27:9Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them?
- Psalms 18:41They called for help, but no one came to their rescue. They even cried to the Lord, but he refused to answer.
- Proverbs 1:25You ignored my advice and rejected the correction I offered.
- Proverbs 21:13Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time of need.
- Isaiah 1:15When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
- Micah 3:4Then you beg the Lord for help in times of trouble! Do you really expect him to answer? After all the evil you have done, he won’t even look at you!”
- Luke 13:25When the master of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come 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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