1 Samuel 8:18
“And ye shall cry out in that day, because of your king which ye shall haue chosen you; and the Lord will not heare you in that day.”
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1 Samuel 8:18 Context
16And hee will take your men seruants, and your mayd seruants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his worke. 17Hee will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants. 18And ye shall cry out in that day, because of your king which ye shall haue chosen you; and the Lord will not heare you in that day. 19¶ Neuerthelesse, the people refused to obey the voyce of Samuel; and they said, Nay, but we will haue a King ouer vs: 20That we also may be like all the nations, and that our King may iudge vs, and goe out before vs, and fight our battels.
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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.
- King James Version
"Then you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you in that day."
- New American Standard Version (1995)