Top Verses from 1 Samuel 8  

"Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights." (NIV)

So listen now to their voice; only solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them. (AMP)

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. (KJV)

Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king. (NIV)

So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who asked of him a king. (AMP)

And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. (KJV)

Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle and donkeys he will take for his own use. (NIV)

He will take your men and women servants and the best of your cattle and your donkeys and put them to his work. (AMP)

And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. (KJV)

Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. (NIV)

He will appoint them for himself to be commanders over thousands and over fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest and to make his implements of war and equipment for his chariots. (AMP)

And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. (KJV)

He said, "This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots." (NIV)

And he said, These will be the ways of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots. (AMP)

And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. (KJV)

He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants. (NIV)

He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive orchards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. (AMP)

And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. (KJV)

He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. (NIV)

He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers. (AMP)

And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. (KJV)

He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. (NIV)

He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. (AMP)

And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. (KJV)

When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel's leaders. (NIV)

WHEN SAMUEL was old, he made his sons judges over Israel. (AMP)

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. (KJV)

"When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you in that day." (NIV)

In that day you will cry out because of your king you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not hear you then. (AMP)

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. (KJV)