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 8:20 KJV
New International Version
Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”
1 Samuel 8:20 NIV
- Nineteen eighty-four (gutenberg.net.au)
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him.