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1 Samuel 8:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Samuel 8:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 and said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow in your ways; appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations.”(A)
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1 Samuel 8:5
New International Version
1 Samuel 8:5
New International Version
5 They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king(A) to lead[a](B) us, such as all the other nations(C) have.”
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- 1 Samuel 8:5 Traditionally judge; also in verses 6 and 20
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