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?



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."