1 Samuel 8:5 GNT/NIV - Online Parallel Bible
| Good News Translation (GNT) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 5 and said to him, "Look, you are getting old and your sons don't follow your example. So then, appoint a king to rule over us, so that we will have a king, as other countries have." | 5 They said to him, "You are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have." |
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