1 Samuel 8:16
“And hee will take your men seruants, and your mayd seruants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his worke.”
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1 Samuel 8:16 Context
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. 18And ye shall cry out in that day, because of your king which ye shall haue chosen you; and the Lord will not heare you in that day.
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Other Translations for 1 Samuel 8:16
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put [them] to his work.
- King James Version
"He will also take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use {them} for his work.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
- American Standard Version (1901)
He will take your men-servants and your servant-girls, and the best of your oxen and your asses and put them to his work.
- Basic English Bible
And he will take your bondmen, and your bondwomen, and your comeliest young men, and your asses, and use them for his work.
- Darby Bible
And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your most choice young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
- Webster's Bible
He will take your male servants, and your female servants, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.
- World English Bible
And your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your young men -- the best, and your asses, he doth take, and hath prepared for his own work;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Samuel 8:16
8:16 Will take - By constraint, and without sufficient recompense.