1 Samuel 8:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.””
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“When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And ye have cried out in that day because of the king whom ye have chosen for yourselves, and Jehovah doth not answer you in that day.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 8:18 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 10:11Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
- Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
- Psalms 18:41They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
- Proverbs 1:25because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
- Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
- Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
- Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
- Isaiah 8:21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
- Isaiah 59:1Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
- Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
- Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
- Luke 13:25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
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