Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And now, behold, the king going before you: and I grew old and I was gray-headed; and my sons, behold them with you: and I went before you from my youth even to this day.

New American Standard Bible

Now, here is the king walking before you, but I am old and gray, and behold my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth even to this day.

King James Version

And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.

Holman Bible

Now you can see that the king is leading you. As for me, I’m old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have led you from my youth until today.

International Standard Version

Now here is the king walking before you, while I'm old and gray, and my sons are with you. I've walked before you from my youth until this day.

A Conservative Version

And now, behold, the king walks before you. And I am old and gray headed, and, behold, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth to this day.

American Standard Version

And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day.

Amplified

And now, here is the king walking before you. As for me, I am old and gray, and here are my sons with you. I have walked before you from my childhood to this day.

Bible in Basic English

And now, see, the king is before you: and I am old and grey-headed, and my sons are with you: I have been living before your eyes from my early days till now.

Darby Translation

And now behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and grey-headed; and behold, my sons are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth up to this day.

King James 2000

And now, behold, the king walks before you: and I am old and gray headed; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And so then here [is] the king walking about before you. Now I am old and gray, but my sons (look at them!) [are] with you; and I have walked about before you from my youth until this day.

Modern King James verseion

And now, behold, the king walks before you. And I am old and gray-headed, and, behold, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my childhood to this day.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And see, your king walketh before you. But I am old and grayheaded: and behold my sons are with you and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.

NET Bible

Now look! This king walks before you. As for me, I am old and gray, though my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from the time of my youth till the present day.

New Heart English Bible

Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth to this day.

The Emphasized Bible

Now, therefore, lo! the king going to and fro before you, But, I, am old and grey-headed, and, my sons, lo! they are with you, - But, I, have gone to and fro before you from my youth until this day.

Webster

And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood to this day.

World English Bible

Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth to this day.

Youngs Literal Translation

and now, lo, the king is walking habitually before you, and I have become aged and gray-headed, and my sons, lo, they are with you, and I have walked habitually before you from my youth till this day.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And now, behold, the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

הלך 
Halak 
go, walk, come, ...away, ...along,
Usage: 1545

פּנים 
Paniym 
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119
Usage: 2119

you and I am old
זקן 
Zaqen 
...old, aged
Usage: 27

שׂיב 
Siyb 
Usage: 2

are with you and I have walked
הלך 
Halak 
go, walk, come, ...away, ...along,
Usage: 1545

נערה נער נעוּר 
Na`uwr 
Usage: 47

Context Readings

Samuel's Charge To Israel

1 And Samuel will say to all Israel, Behold, I heard to your voice, to all that ye said to me, and I will make a king over you. 2 And now, behold, the king going before you: and I grew old and I was gray-headed; and my sons, behold them with you: and I went before you from my youth even to this day. 3 Behold me: answer against me before Jehovah and before his Messiah, whose ox did I take? or whose ass did I take? and whom did I oppress? whom did I vex? and from whose hand did I take a ransom and hidden mine eyes with it? and I will turn back to you.

Cross References

1 Samuel 8:5

And they will say to him, Behold, thou wert old, and thy sons went not in thy ways: now set up for us a king to judge us as all the nations.

1 Samuel 8:1

And it will be when Samuel was old, he set his sons judges to Israel.

1 Samuel 8:20

And we were as all the nations; and our king judged us and went out before us, and fought our battles.

Numbers 27:17

Who will go out before them, and who will come in before them, and who shall bring them out, and who shall bring them in; and the assembly of Jehovah shall not be as sheep to whom not a shepherd to them.

1 Samuel 3:19-20

And Samuel will be magnified, and Jehovah was with him, and there fell not from all his words to the earth.

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons went not in his way, and they will incline after plunder, and they will take a gift, and they will turn away from judgment.

1 Samuel 2:22

And Eli a very old man, and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel; and they will lie with the women going forth at the door of the tent of appointment

1 Samuel 2:29

Wherefore will ye trample upon my sacrifice and upon my gifts which I commanded to my habitation? and thou wilt honor thy sons above me to fatten yourselves from the chief of all the gifts of Israel my people.

1 Samuel 3:13

And I announced to him that I judge his house even forever, for the iniquity which he knew: for his sons cursing for themselves and he admonished them not

1 Samuel 3:16

And Eli will call Samuel, and say, Samuel, my son. And he will say, Behold me.

Psalm 71:18

And also even to old age and grayness, O God, thou wilt not forsake me; till I shall announce thine arm to the generation, thy strength to every one who shall come:

Isaiah 46:3-4

Hear to me, ye house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, being carried from the belly, being lifted up from the womb:

2 Timothy 4:6

For I am already poured out, and the time of my deliverance has been fixed.

2 Peter 1:14

Knowing that the laying aside of my tent is swift; as also our Lord Jesus Christ manifested to me.

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