1 Samuel 12:12
1 Samuel 12:12 — The New International Version (NIV)
12 “But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule over us’—even though the Lord your God was your king.
1 Samuel 12:12 — English Standard Version (ESV)
12 And when you saw that Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when the Lord your God was your king.
1 Samuel 12:12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the Lord your God was your king.
1 Samuel 12:12 — New Living Translation (NLT)
12 “But when you were afraid of Nahash, the king of Ammon, you came to me and said that you wanted a king to reign over you, even though the Lord your God was already your king.
1 Samuel 12:12 — New Century Version (NCV)
12 But when you saw Nahash king of the Ammonites coming against you, you said, ‘No! We want a king to rule over us!’—even though the Lord your God was your king.
1 Samuel 12:12 — American Standard Version (ASV)
12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay, but a king shall reign over us; when Jehovah your God was your king.
1 Samuel 12:12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
12 But when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said to me, Nay, but a king shall reign over us; when Jehovah your God was your king.
1 Samuel 12:12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
12 But when you saw King Nahash of Ammon coming to attack you, you told me, ‘No, a king should rule over us,’ though the Lord your God was your king.
1 Samuel 12:12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
12 But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was coming against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king rule over us’—even though the Lord your God is your king.
1 Samuel 12:12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
12 But when you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ though the Lord your God was your king.
1 Samuel 12:12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
12 “And when you saw that Nahash, the king of the Ammonites, was coming against you, you said to me, ‘No! A king shall reign over us,’ although Yahweh your God is your king.
1 Samuel 12:12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
12 “But then you saw that Nahash, the king of Ammon, was about to attack you. So you said to me, ‘No! We want a king to rule over us.’ You said it even though the Lord your God was your king.
1 Samuel 12:12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
12 “When you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ although the Lord your God was your king.