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1 Samuel 8:16

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

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1 Samuel 8:16 in other translations

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.

1 Samuel 8:16 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 8:16 in context

  1. 14He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even their best, and give them to his servants.
  2. 15He will take one tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers, and to his servants.
  3. 16He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work.
  4. 17He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will be his servants.
  5. 18You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will have chosen for yourselves; and Yahweh will not answer you in that day.”