1 Samuel 8:18
You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.”
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
17He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will be his servants.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Psalms 18:41They cried, but there was no one to save; even to the LORD, but he didn’t answer them.
Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me,
Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 59:1Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear.
Micah 3:4Then they will cry to the LORD, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil.”
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 8:5-22
The People Desire a King; God's Answer to Israel; The People Insist on Having a King. ( b. c. 1075.) 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord . 7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that… Read the whole commentary →