3 Then they will say, “We have no king

because we did not revere the Lord.

But even if we had a king,

what could he do for us?”

3 For now they shall say, We have no king,

Because we feared not the Lord;

What then should a king do to us?

3 Then they will say, “We have no king

because we didn’t fear the Lord.

But even if we had a king,

what could he do for us anyway?”

3 For now they say,

“We have no king,

Because we did not fear the Lord.

And as for a king, what would he do for us?”

3 Then they will say, “We have no king,

because we didn’t honor the Lord.

As for the king,

he couldn’t do anything for us.”

3 Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?

3 For now they will say, We have no king, for we feared not Jehovah; and a king, what can he do for us?

3 So they’ll say, 

“We have no king because we didn’t fear the Lord. 

Even if we had a king, he couldn’t do anything for us.” 

3 In fact, they are now saying,

“We have no king!

For we do not fear the Lord.

What can a king do for us?”

3 For now they will say:

“We have no king,

for we do not fear the Lord,

and a king—what could he do for us?”

3 For now they will say,

“We have no king;

indeed, we did not fear Yahweh,

and what can a king do for us?”

3 Then they’ll say, “We don’t have a king.

That’s because we didn’t have

any respect for the Lord.

But suppose we did have a king.

What could he do for us?”

3 Surely now they will say, “We have no king,

For we do not revere the Lord.

As for the king, what can he do for us?”