1 Samuel 8:15
“And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and giue to his officers, and to his seruants.”
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1 Samuel 8:15 Context
13And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cookes, and to be bakers. 14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliue-yards, euen the best of them, and giue them to his seruants. 15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and giue to his officers, and to his seruants. 16And hee will take your men seruants, and your mayd seruants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his worke. 17Hee will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants.
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Other Translations for 1 Samuel 8:15
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
- King James Version
"He will take a tenth of your seed and of your vineyards and give to his officers and to his servants.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
- American Standard Version (1901)
He will take a tenth of your seed and of the fruit of your vines and give it to his servants.
- Basic English Bible
And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give to his chamberlains and to his servants.
- Darby Bible
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
- Webster's Bible
He will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
- World English Bible
And your seed and your vineyards he doth tithe, and hath given to his eunuchs, and to his servants.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Samuel 8:15
8:15 The tenth - Besides the several tenths which God hath reserved for his service, he will, when he pleaseth, impose another tenth upon you. Officers - Heb. To his eunuchs, which may imply a farther injury, that he should against the command of God, make some of his people eunuchs; and take those into his court and favour, which God would have cast out of the congregation.