Webster Bible Translation

1 Samuel 8:12-22 Webster Bible Translation (WBT)

12. And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to till his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

13. And he will take your daughters to be confectioneries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

14. And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

15. And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

16. And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your most choice young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

17. He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye will be his servants.

18. And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

19. Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No; but we will have a king over us;

20. That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

21. And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.

22. And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Go ye every man to his city.