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1 Samuel 8:16

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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.

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1 Samuel 8:16 in other translations

He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work.

1 Samuel 8:16 · World English Bible

1 Samuel 8:16 in context

  1. 14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
  2. 15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
  3. 16And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
  4. 17He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.
  5. 18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.