NET
KJV
3. For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
ASV
3. Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?
ESV
3. For now they will say: "We have no king, for we do not fear the LORD; and a king- what could he do for us?"
ERVEN
3. Now the Israelites say, "We have no king. We don't honor the Lord. And his king cannot do anything to us."
NLT
3. Then they will say, "We have no king because we didn't fear the LORD. But even if we had a king, what could he do for us anyway?"
WEB
3. Surely now they will say, "We have no king; for we don't fear Yahweh; And the king, what can he do for us?"
NLV
3. Then they will say, "We have no king because we do not fear the Lord. And what could a king do for us?"
HCSB
3. In fact, they are now saying: "We have no king! For we do not fear the LORD. What can a king do for us?"
YLT
3. For now they say: We have no king, Because we have not feared Jehovah, And the king -- what doth he for us?
LITV
3. For now they shall say, We have no king, because we did not fear Jehovah. What then should a king do for us?
RV
3. Surely now shall they say, We have no king: for we fear not the LORD; and the king, what can he do for us?
NCV
3. Then they will say, "We have no king, because we didn't honor the Lord. As for the king, he couldn't do anything for us."
MKJV
3. For now they shall say, We have no king because we did not fear Jehovah; what then should a king do to us?
AKJV
3. For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
LXXEN
3. Because now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord:
KJV
3. For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
AMP
3. Surely now they shall say, We have no [actual] king because we fear not the Lord; and as for the king, what can he do for us?
KJVP
3. For H3588 CONJ now H6258 ADV they shall say H559 , We have no H369 NPAR king H4428 NMS , because H3588 CONJ we feared H3372 not H3808 NADV the LORD H3068 EDS ; what H4100 IPRO then should a king H4428 NMS do H6213 to us ?
YLT
3. For now they say: We have no king, Because we have not feared Jehovah, And the king -- what doth he for us?
ASV
3. Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?
WEB
3. Surely now they will say, "We have no king; for we don't fear Yahweh; And the king, what can he do for us?"
NASB
3. If they would say, "We have no king"-- Since they do not fear the LORD, what can the king do for them?
ESV
3. For now they will say: "We have no king, for we do not fear the LORD; and a king- what could he do for us?"
RV
3. Surely now shall they say, We have no king: for we fear not the LORD; and the king, what can he do for us?
RSV
3. For now they will say: "We have no king, for we fear not the LORD, and a king, what could he do for us?"
NKJV
3. For now they say, "We have no king, Because we did not fear the LORD. And as for a king, what would he do for us?"
MKJV
3. For now they shall say, We have no king because we did not fear Jehovah; what then should a king do to us?
AKJV
3. For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
NRSV
3. For now they will say: "We have no king, for we do not fear the LORD, and a king-- what could he do for us?"
NIV
3. Then they will say, "We have no king because we did not revere the LORD. But even if we had a king, what could he do for us?"
NIRV
3. Then they'll say, "We don't have a king. That's because we didn't have any respect for the Lord. But suppose we did have a king. What could he do for us?"
NLT
3. Then they will say, "We have no king because we didn't fear the LORD. But even if we had a king, what could he do for us anyway?"
MSG
3. They go around saying, "Who needs a king? We couldn't care less about GOD, so why bother with a king? What difference would he make?"
GNB
3. These people will soon be saying, "We have no king because we did not fear the LORD. But what could a king do for us anyway?"
NET
3. Very soon they will say, "We have no king since we did not fear the LORD. But what can a king do for us anyway?"
ERVEN
3. Now the Israelites say, "We have no king. We don't honor the Lord. And his king cannot do anything to us."