Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 8:20
American Standard Version
that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
Amplified® Bible
That we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles.
Contemporary English Version
(SEE 8:19)
Darby English Version
that we also may be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and conduct our wars.
Good News Bible
so that we will be like other nations, with our own king to rule us and to lead us out to war and to fight our battles."
King James Version
That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
New American Standard Bible
that we also may be like all the nations, that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles."
New International Version
Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles."
New King James Version
that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles."
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
that we also may look like all the nations, that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles."
Revised Standard Version
that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles."
Young's Literal Translation
and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king hath judged us, and gone out before us, and fought our battles.'
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