1 Samuel 12:1 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 12:1 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
שְׁמוּאֵל֙
Shᵉmûwʼêl
H8050
Samuel
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
הִנֵּה֙
hinnêh
H2009
behold
שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי
shâmaʻ
H8085
to hear
בְקֹֽלְכֶ֔ם
qôwl
H6963
voice
לְכֹ֥ל
kôl
H3605
all
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לִ֑י
וָאַמְלִ֥יךְ
mâlak
H4427
to reign
עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם
ʻal
H5921
upon
מֶֽלֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.
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King James Version Public Domain
And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Samuel said to all of Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice according to all of what you said to me, and I have made a king reign over you.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).