Catholic Public Domain Version
"But the people were not willing to listen to the voice of Samuel. Instead, they said: “By no means! For there shall be a king over us, "
— 1 Samuel 8:19, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;”
“But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us, ”
“But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, "No; but we will have a king over us,”
“But the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. Instead they said,“No! There will be a king over us!”
“But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said, Nay: but there shall be a king over us,”
“But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,”
“Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;”
Then, too, he will take your servants, and handmaids, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and he will set them to his work.
Also, he will take a tenth of your flocks. And you will be his servants.
And you will cry out, in that day, from the face of the king, whom you have chosen for yourselves. And the Lord will not heed you, in that day. For you requested a king for yourselves.”
But the people were not willing to listen to the voice of Samuel. Instead, they said: “By no means! For there shall be a king over us,
and we shall be just like all the Gentiles. And our king will judge us, and he will go out before us, and he will fight our wars for us.”
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them to the ears of the Lord.
Then the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and appoint a king over them.” And Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Let each one go to his own city.”