1 Samuel 8:19

Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

1 Samuel 8:19 · King James Version

In other versions

But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,
ASV
But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,
BBE
And the people refused to hearken to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but there shall be a king over us,
DBY
But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No: but we will have a king over us,
WEB
And the people refuse to hearken to the voice of Samuel, and say, `Nay, but a king is over us,
YLT
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
ENG
Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No; but we will have a king over us;
WBT
Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
BSB

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

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

¹⁹Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

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

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