1 Samuel 8:18
1 Samuel 8:10-18 The Message (MSG)
So Samuel told them, delivered GOD’s warning to the people who were asking him to give them a king. He said, “This is the way the kind of king you’re talking about operates. He’ll take your sons and make soldiers of them—chariotry, cavalry, infantry, regimented in battalions and squadrons. He’ll put some to forced labor on his farms, plowing and harvesting, and others to making either weapons of war or chariots in which he can ride in luxury. He’ll put your daughters to work as beauticians and waitresses and cooks. He’ll conscript your best fields, vineyards, and orchards and hand them over to his special friends. He’ll tax your harvests and vintage to support his extensive bureaucracy. Your prize workers and best animals he’ll take for his own use. He’ll lay a tax on your flocks and you’ll end up no better than slaves. The day will come when you will cry in desperation because of this king you so much want for yourselves. But don’t expect GOD to answer.”
1 Samuel 8:18 King James Version (KJV)
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.
1 Samuel 8:18 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Then you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you in that day.”
1 Samuel 8:18 New Century Version (NCV)
When that time comes, you will cry out because of the king you chose. But the LORD will not answer you then.”
1 Samuel 8:18 American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
1 Samuel 8:18 New International Version (NIV)
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.”
1 Samuel 8:18 New King James Version (NKJV)
And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not hear you in that day.”
1 Samuel 8:18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Then you will cry out on that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you on that day [because you have rejected Him as King].”