1 Samuel 8 · Verse 10

1 Samuel 8:10

And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.
1 Samuel 8:10, King James Version

1 Samuel 8:10 in other translations

BSBSo Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.
WEBSamuel told all the LORD’s words to the people who asked him for a king.
ASVAnd Samuel told all the words of Jehovah unto the people that asked of him a king.
YLTAnd Samuel speaketh all the words of Jehovah unto the people who are asking from him a king,
DARBYAnd Samuel spoke all the words of Jehovah to the people that asked of him a king.
BBEAnd Samuel said all these words of the Lord to the people who were desiring a king.
WebsterAnd Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people that asked of him a king.

What does 1 Samuel 8:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 8:6-10

6-10. the thing displeased Samuel when they said, Give us a king to judge us--Personal and family feelings might affect his views of this public movement. But his dissatisfaction arose principally from the proposed change being revolutionary in its character. Though it would not entirely subvert their theocratic government, the appointment of a visible monarch would necessarily tend to throw out of view their unseen…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 8:10-22
If they would have a king to rule them, as the eastern kings ruled their subjects, they would find the yoke exceedingly heavy. Those that submit to the government of the world and the flesh, are told plainly, what hard masters they are, and what tyranny the dominion of sin is. The law of God and the manner of men widely differ from each other; the former should be our rule in the several relations of life; the latter should be the measure of our expectations from others. These would be their grievances, and, when they complained to God, he would not hear them. When we bring ourselves into distress by our own wrong desires and projects, we justly forfeit the comfort of prayer, and the benefit of Divine aid. The people were obstinate and urgent in their demand. Sudden resolves and hasty desires make work for long and leisurely repentance. Our wisdom is, to be thankful for the advantages, and patient under the disadvantages of the government we may live under; and to pray continually for our rulers, that they may govern us in the fear of God, and that we may live under them in all godliness and honesty. And it is a hopeful symptom when our desires of worldly objects can brook delay; and when we can refer the time and manner of their being granted to God's providence.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

1 Samuel 8:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he spokeH559
שְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElSamuelH8050
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
דִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.Rei[the] words ofH1697
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָעָ֕םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
הַשֹּׁאֲלִ֥יםha.sho.'a.Limwho were askingH7592
מֵאִתּ֖וֹme.'i.Tofrom with <the> himH854
מֶֽלֶךְ\׃\ \סMe.lekha kingH4428

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • 1 Samuel 8:9

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 8:10

    And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.

  • 1 Samuel 8:11

    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.

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1 Samuel 8:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y dijo Samuel todas las palabras de Jehová al pueblo que le había pedido rey.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Samuel dit toutes les paroles de l’ Éternel au peuple qui lui demandait un roi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Samuel sprach alle Worte Jehovas zu dem Volke, das einen König von ihm begehrte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dixit itaque Samuel omnia verba Domini ad populum, qui petierat a se regem.