Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have asked for. And, behold, LORD has set a king over you.
New American Standard Bible
Now therefore,
King James Version
Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
Holman Bible
“Now here is the king you’ve chosen,
International Standard Version
"Now, here is the king you have chosen, the one whom you asked for. See, the Lord has appointed a king over you.
American Standard Version
Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have asked for: and, behold, Jehovah hath set a king over you.
Amplified
Now therefore, here is [Saul] the king whom you have chosen, and for whom you asked; behold, the Lord has set a king over you.
Bible in Basic English
Here, then, is the king marked out by you: the Lord has put a king over you.
Darby Translation
And now behold, the king whom ye have chosen, whom ye have asked for! and behold, Jehovah has set a king over you.
Julia Smith Translation
And now, behold the king which ye chose, which ye asked! and behold, Jehovah gave a king over you.
King James 2000
Now therefore behold the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have desired! and, behold, the LORD has set a king over you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So then look! [Here is] the king you have chosen, for whom you have asked! Look, Yahweh has placed a king over you!
Modern King James verseion
And now, behold the king whom you have chosen, whom you have desired! And behold, Jehovah has set a king over you!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Now therefore behold the king, whom ye have chosen and whom ye have desired. See, the LORD hath given you a king!
NET Bible
Now look! Here is the king you have chosen -- the one that you asked for! Look, the Lord has given you a king!
New Heart English Bible
Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have asked for: and behold, the LORD has set a king over you.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, lo! the king whom ye have chosen, for whom ye have asked, - lo! therefore, Yahweh hath set over you a king.
Webster
Now therefore, behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
World English Bible
Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have asked for: and behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.
Youngs Literal Translation
And, now, lo, the king whom ye have chosen -- whom ye have asked! and lo, Jehovah hath placed over you a king.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 12:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Samuel's Charge To Israel
12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, ye said to me, No, but a king shall reign over us, when LORD your God was your king. 13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have asked for. And, behold, LORD has set a king over you. 14 If ye will fear LORD, and serve him, and hearken to his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of LORD, then both ye and also the king who reigns over you shall be followers of LORD your God.
Cross References
1 Samuel 10:24
And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom LORD has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Live, O king!
Hosea 13:11
I have given thee a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
1 Samuel 8:5
And they said to him, Behold, thou are old, and thy sons do not walk in thy ways. Now make for us a king to judge us like all the nations.
1 Samuel 9:20
And as for thy donkeys that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them, for they are found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for thee, and for all thy father's house?
1 Samuel 11:15
And all the people went to Gilgal. And there they made Saul king before LORD in Gilgal, and there they offered sacrifices of peace-offerings before LORD, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
Psalm 78:29-31
So they ate, and were well filled, and he gave them their own desire.
Acts 13:21
And afterward they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.