1 Samuel 8:20

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.

1 Samuel 8:20 · King James Version

In other versions

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.
ASV
So that we may be like the other nations, and so that our king may be our judge and go out before us to war.
BBE
that we also may be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and conduct our wars.
DBY
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.
WEB
and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king hath judged us, and gone out before us, and fought our battles.'
YLT
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.
ENG
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.
WBT
Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”
BSB

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.

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