1 Samuel 12:19 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 12:19

17 Is today not the ^awheat harvest? ^bI will call to the Lord, and He will send thunder and ^crain, that you may perceive and see that ^dyour wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking a king for yourselves.”

18 So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day; and ^aall the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

19 And all the people said to Samuel, ^a“Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins the evil of asking a king for ourselves.”

20 Then Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness; ^ayet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.

21 And ^ado not turn aside; ^bfor then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing.

22 For ^athe Lord will not forsake ^bHis people, ^cfor His great name’s sake, because ^dit has pleased the Lord to make you His people.

23 Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord ^ain ceasing to pray for you; but ^bI will teach you the ^cgood and the right way.

24 ^aOnly fear the Lord, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for ^bconsider what ^cgreat things He has done for you.

25 But if you still do wickedly, ^ayou shall be swept away, ^bboth you and your king.”

Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 12:19

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American Standard Version
And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, that we die not; for we have added unto all our sins `this' evil, to ask us a king.

Amplified® Bible
And [they] all said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil--to ask for a king.

Contemporary English Version
They told Samuel, "Please, pray to the LORD your God for us! We don't want to die. We have sinned many times in the past, and we were very wrong to ask for a king."

Darby English Version
And all the people said to Samuel, Pray to Jehovah thy God for thy servants, that we die not; for we have added to all our sins the wickedness to ask for ourselves a king.

Good News Bible
and they said to Samuel, "Please, sir, pray to the LORD your God for us, so that we won't die. We now realize that, besides all our other sins, we have sinned by asking for a king."

King James Version
And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

New American Standard Bible
Then all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins {this} evil by asking for ourselves a king."

New International Version
The people all said to Samuel, "Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die, for we have added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king."

New King James Version
And all the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins the evil of asking a king for ourselves.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil by asking for ourselves a king."

Revised Standard Version
And all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king."

Young's Literal Translation
and all the people say unto Samuel, `Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, and we do not die, for we have added to all our sins evil to ask for us a king.'

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