1 Samuel 8:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.”
1 Samuel 8:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 8:16 in 6 Bible Translations
Read 1 Samuel 8:16 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
1 Samuel 8:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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;”
1 Samuel 8:16 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 8:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he will take your bondmen, and your bondwomen, and your comeliest young men, and your asses, and use them for his work. ”
1 Samuel 8:16 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 8:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And he will take your men seruants, and your maide seruants, and the chiefe of your yong men, and your asses, and put them to his worke.”
1 Samuel 8:16 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 8:16 in Context — 1 Samuel 8
14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.
What Does 1 Samuel 8:16 Mean?
1 Samuel 8:16 is a verse from the Book of 1 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Samuel chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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