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1 Samuel 12:2

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And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons [are] with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.

And now, behold, the king {H4428} walketh {H1980} before {H6440} you: and I am old {H2204} and grayheaded {H7867}; and, behold, my sons {H1121} are with you: and I have walked {H1980} before {H6440} you from my childhood {H5271} unto this day {H3117}.

There is the king, walking ahead of you; but I am old and gray-headed. There are my sons with you, and I have walked at your head from when I was a boy until today.

Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.

And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Samuel 8:5 (6 votes)

    And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

  • 1 Samuel 8:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

  • 1 Samuel 8:20 (4 votes)

    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 8:3 (3 votes)

    And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

  • Numbers 27:17 (3 votes)

    Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

  • 1 Samuel 3:19 (3 votes)

    ¶ And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.

  • 1 Samuel 3:20 (3 votes)

    And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel [was] established [to be] a prophet of the LORD.