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1 Samuel 12:16-18
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1 Samuel 12:16-18
Easy-to-Read Version
16 “Now stand still and see the great thing the Lord will do before your eyes. 17 Now is the time of the wheat harvest.[a] I will pray to the Lord and ask him to send thunder and rain. Then you will know you did a very bad thing against the Lord when you asked for a king.”
18 So Samuel prayed to the Lord. That same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. And the people became very afraid of the Lord and Samuel.
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- 1 Samuel 12:17 time of … harvest This was the dry time of year when no rains fell.
1 Samuel 12:16-18
New International Version
1 Samuel 12:16-18
New International Version
16 “Now then, stand still(A) and see(B) this great thing the Lord is about to do before your eyes! 17 Is it not wheat harvest(C) now? I will call(D) on the Lord to send thunder(E) and rain.(F) And you will realize what an evil(G) thing you did in the eyes of the Lord when you asked for a king.”
18 Then Samuel called on the Lord,(H) and that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. So all the people stood in awe(I) of the Lord and of Samuel.
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