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Deuteronomy 17:14

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APPOINTING A KING

14“When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you,z take possession of it, live in it, and say, ‘I will set a king over me like all the nations around me,’

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Cross references

  1. zDt 26:1

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

“When you come to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you possess it and dwell in it and then say, ‘I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”

NLTNew Living Translation

“You are about to enter the land the Lord your God is giving you. When you take it over and settle there, you may think, ‘We should select a king to rule over us like the other nations around us.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“When you have come to that land that Yahweh your God is giving to you and you have taken possession of it and you have settled in it, and you say, ‘I will set over me a king like all the nations that are around me,’

KJV 1900King James Version

When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;