NET Bible
"So now do as they say. But you must warn them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them.”"
— 1 Samuel 8:9, NET Bible
“Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.”
“Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. ”
“Now therefore listen to their voice: however you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them the way of the king who shall reign over them."”
“Now, therefore, hearken to their voice: but yet testify to them, and foretell them the right of the king, that shall reign over them.”
“Give ear now to their voice: but make a serious protest to them, and give them a picture of the sort of king who will be their ruler.”
“Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.”
But this request displeased Samuel, for they said,“Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the LORD.
The LORD said to Samuel,“Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.
Just as they have done from the day that I brought them up from Egypt until this very day, they have rejected me and have served other gods. This is what they are also doing to you.
So now do as they say. But you must warn them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them.”
So Samuel spoke all of the LORD’S words to the people who were asking him for a king.
He said,“Here are the policies of the king who will rule over you: He will conscript your sons and put them in his chariot forces and in his cavalry; they will run in front of his chariot.
He will appoint for himself leaders of thousands and leaders of fifties, as well as those who plow his ground, reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and his chariot equipment.