Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And Samuel calleth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth voices and rain, on that day, and all the people greatly fear Jehovah and Samuel;
New American Standard Bible
So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord sent
King James Version
So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
Holman Bible
Samuel called on the Lord, and on that day the Lord sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.
International Standard Version
Samuel called upon the LORD that same day, and the LORD sent thunder and rain. So all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
A Conservative Version
So Samuel called to LORD, and LORD sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared LORD and Samuel.
American Standard Version
So Samuel called unto Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.
Amplified
So Samuel called to the Lord [in prayer], and He sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.
Bible in Basic English
So Samuel made prayer to the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people were in fear of the Lord and of Samuel.
Darby Translation
And Samuel called to Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.
Julia Smith Translation
And Samuel will call to Jehovah, and Jehovah will give voices and rain in that day: and all the people will be greatly afraid of Jehovah and Samuel.
King James 2000
So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Samuel called out to Yahweh, and Yahweh brought thunder and rain that [same] day, so all the people feared Yahweh and Samuel greatly.
Modern King James verseion
And Samuel called to Jehovah, And Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when Samuel called unto the LORD, the LORD sent thunder and rain the same day. And all the people feared the LORD and Samuel exceedingly.
NET Bible
So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the Lord and Samuel.
New Heart English Bible
So Samuel called to the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
The Emphasized Bible
So Samuel cried unto Yahweh, and Yahweh gave forth thunderings and rain, on that day, - and all the people greatly feared Yahweh, and Samuel.
Webster
So Samuel called to the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
World English Bible
So Samuel called to Yahweh; and Yahweh sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel.
Themes
Harvest » Miraculous thunder, &c in
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Kings » Sin of israel in seeking
Meteorology » Affected by prayer
Meteorology » Thunder and lightning » Sent as a sign
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » Rain in answer to samuel's prayer
Miracles » Of samuel » Thunder and rain
Miracles » Catalogue of » Thunder
Miracles wrought through servants of God » samuel » Thunder and rain in harvest
Rain » Instances of extraordinary » During wheat harvest in the days of samuel
Rain » Miraculously caused » By samuel
Repentance » Instances of » israelites » In asking for a king
Symbols and similitudes » Rain and thunder
Topics
Interlinear
Qara'
Nathan
Qowl
Yowm
M@`od
Yare'
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 12:18
Prayers for 1 Samuel 12:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Samuel's Charge To Israel
17 is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I call unto Jehovah, and He doth give voices and rain; and know ye and see that your evil is great which ye have done in the eyes of Jehovah, to ask for you a king.' 18 And Samuel calleth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth voices and rain, on that day, and all the people greatly fear Jehovah and Samuel; 19 and all the people say unto Samuel, 'Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, and we do not die, for we have added to all our sins evil to ask for us a king.'
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 14:31
and Israel seeth the great hand with which Jehovah hath wrought against the Egyptians, and the people fear Jehovah, and remain stedfast in Jehovah, and in Moses His servant.
Ezra 10:9
And gathered are all the men of Judah and Benjamin to Jerusalem by the third day, it is the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sit in the broad place of the house of God, trembling on account of the matter and of the showers.
Exodus 9:23-25
And Moses stretcheth out his rod towards the heavens, and Jehovah hath given voices and hail, and fire goeth towards the earth, and Jehovah raineth hail on the land of Egypt,
Psalm 106:12-13
And they believe in His words, they sing His praise,
Revelation 11:5-6
and if any one may will to injure them, fire doth proceed out of their mouth, and doth devour their enemies, and if any one may will to injure them, thus it behoveth him to be killed.