1 Samuel 12:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

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

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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 youth{H5271} unto this day.{H3117}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And now, behold, the king{H4428} walketh{H1980}{(H8693)} before{H6440} you: and I am old{H2204}{(H8804)} and grayheaded{H7867}{(H8804)}; and, behold, my sons{H1121} are with you: and I have walked{H1980}{(H8694)} before{H6440} you from my childhood{H5271} unto this day{H3117}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And now lo, there goeth youre kynge before you. As for me, I am waxen olde and graye heered, and my sonnes are with you: and I haue gone before you fro my youth vp vnto this daye.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Now therefore behold, your King walketh before you, and I am old and graie headed, and beholde, my sonnes are with you: and I haue walked before you fro my childhode vnto this day.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Nowe therfore, your king walketh before you: and I am olde and graye headed, and behold my sonnes are with you, & I haue walked before you from my childehod vnto this day.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray-headed; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth to this day.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and now, lo, the king is walking habitually before you, and I have become aged and gray-headed, and my sons, lo, they `are' with you, and I have walked habitually before you from my youth till this day.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And now, see, the king is before you: and I am old and grey-headed, and my sons are with you: I have been living before your eyes from my early days till now.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth to this day.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Now look! This king walks before you. As for me, I am old and gray, though my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from the time of my youth till the present day.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 8:5 : 5 They said to him, 'You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us, like all the other nations.'
  • 1 Sam 8:20 : 20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us, govern us, and fight our battles.
  • 1 Sam 8:1 : 1 When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
  • 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 However, his sons did not follow his ways. They turned aside to dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
  • 1 Sam 3:19-20 : 19 Samuel grew up, and the Lord was with him, and he let none of Samuel's words fall to the ground. 20 All of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, recognized that Samuel was a trustworthy prophet of the Lord.
  • Num 27:17 : 17 to go out and come in before them, to lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.
  • 1 Sam 2:22 : 22 Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
  • 1 Sam 2:29 : 29 Why do you scorn My sacrifice and offering that I commanded for My dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves on the best of all the offerings of My people Israel?
  • 1 Sam 3:13 : 13 I have told him that I will judge his house forever because of the sin he knew about. His sons were cursing God, and he did not restrain them.
  • 1 Sam 3:16 : 16 But Eli called to Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." Samuel answered, "Here I am."
  • Ps 71:18 : 18 Even when I am old and my hair turns gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.
  • Isa 46:3-4 : 3 Listen to Me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, you who have been carried by Me from the womb, lifted up from birth. 4 Even to your old age, I am the same, and even to your gray hairs, I will carry you. I have made you, and I will bear you; I will carry and save you.
  • 2 Tim 4:6 : 6 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is near.
  • 2 Pet 1:14 : 14 knowing that the laying aside of my tent is imminent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

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    74%

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    70%

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    70%

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    70%

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    70%

    18 Even when I am old and my hair turns gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.

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    17 Samuel said, 'Although you were small in your own eyes, were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.'