1 Samuel 8:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.”
1 Samuel 8:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 8:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 8:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will be his servants.”
1 Samuel 8:17 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 8:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.”
1 Samuel 8:17 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 8:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants.”
1 Samuel 8:17 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 8:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“He will take the tenth of your sheep. And ye shall be his servants.”
1 Samuel 8:17 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 8:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“He will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants.”
1 Samuel 8:17 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 8:17 in Context — 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.
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.
19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
What Does 1 Samuel 8:17 Mean?
1 Samuel 8:17 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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